Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

ततो भास्करवाक्येन सिद्धेशस्य च सव्यतः । वनमध्ये मया कुंडं कृतं दर्भशलाकया

Transliteration

tato bhāskaravākyena siddheśasya ca savyataḥ | vanamadhye mayā kuṃḍaṃ kṛtaṃ darbhaśalākayā

Translation

แล้วตามพระดำรัสของภาสกร (พระสุริยะ) และทางซ้ายของพระสิทเธศะ ข้าพเจ้าได้ทำกุณฑะขึ้นกลางป่า ด้วยก้านหญ้าทรรภะ

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then; thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/देश-काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — 'ततः' = thereafter/from there

• bhāskara-vākyena: by Bhāskara's statement
• bhāskara-vākyena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāskara (प्रातिपदिक) + vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन — 'भास्करस्य वाक्येन' (instrumental: by the words of Bhāskara)

• siddheśasya: of Siddheśa
• siddheśasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddheśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक) — conjunction

• savyataḥ: from the left (side)
• savyataḥ: Adhikarana (Location/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: savya (प्रातिपदिक) + tas (तसिल्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (तसिलन्त) — 'सव्यतः' = from the left side

• vana-madhye: in the middle of the forest
• vana-madhye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vana (प्रातिपदिक) + madhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन — 'वनस्य मध्ये'

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• kuṇḍam: a pit; basin (kuṇḍa)
• kuṇḍam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• kṛtam: made
• kṛtam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु) + kta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृ-धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि/कर्मणि प्रयोग), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — 'made' (agreeing with kuṇḍam)

• darbha-śalākayā: with a darbha stalk/stick
• darbha-śalākayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darbha (प्रातिपदिक) + śalākā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन — 'दर्भस्य शलाकया' (with a darbha-stick)

Speaker

Narrator (first-person ‘mayā’), likely a ṛṣi/storyteller within the dialogue frame

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: (Unnamed here) Kuṇḍa near Siddheśa, associated with Bhāskara/Bhaṭṭāditya

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata (addressed later in the passage; implied listener for this narrative unit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In a dense forest near Siddheśa, the narrator, guided by the Sun’s command, traces/opens a small water basin with a single darbha-stalk; a subtle solar aura indicates divine approval.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāskara (Sun)
• Siddheśa
• Kuṇḍa
• Darbha (Kuśa grass)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Obedience to divine instruction and simple ritual instruments (darbha) can establish enduring sacred sites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A kuṇḍa situated near Siddheśa (to the left), formed in a forest—part of the Bhaṭṭāditya-kuṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The making of a kuṇḍa (tīrtha) using darbha as a sanctified implement.