Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

ते द्विजा भानुमत्याथ शूलभेदं गताः सह । ददृशुः शबरं कुण्डे भार्यया सह संस्थितम्

Transliteration

te dvijā bhānumatyātha śūlabhedaṃ gatāḥ saha | dadṛśuḥ śabaraṃ kuṇḍe bhāryayā saha saṃsthitam

Translation

پھر وہ دِوِج (برہمن)، بھانومتی کے ساتھ، شُول بھیدہ کی طرف گئے۔ وہاں انہوں نے کنڈ کے پاس اپنی بیوی کے ساتھ کھڑے ایک شَبَر کو دیکھا۔

Word by Word

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• द्विजाः: brahmins (twice-born)
• द्विजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• भानुमत्या: with Bhānumatī
• भानुमत्या: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भानुमती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (then/now)

• शूलभेदम्: to Śūlabheda (place called ‘Spear-cleft’)
• शूलभेदम्: Gati-Karma (Goal/गति-कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूल + भेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'शूलस्य भेदः' (name of a place/cleft)

• गताः: went
• गताः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (past active participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; 'gone'

• सह: together/with
• सह: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक (with)

• ददृशुः: they saw
• ददृशुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• शबरम्: a Śabara (tribal man)
• शबरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शबर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• कुण्डे: in a pit/pond (kuṇḍa)
• कुण्डे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• भार्यया: with (his) wife
• भार्यया: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक (with)

• संस्थितम्: standing/remaining
• संस्थितम्: Karma (Object complement/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + स्था (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; 'standing/placed'—agrees with शबरम्

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śūlabheda-kuṇḍa (as implied by ‘kuṇḍe’)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (Pārthiva) in the frame narrative

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of brāhmaṇas with Bhānumatī arrive at a forested sacred pool; a śabara couple stands near the water with simple attire, bows and forest implements set aside, the kuṇḍa gleaming with sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Bhānumatī
• Śūlabheda
• kuṇḍa
• Śabara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage (tīrtha-yātrā) is portrayed as a meeting-point of diverse lives, where sacred places reveal hidden spiritual struggles.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śūlabheda tīrtha, marked by a sacred kuṇḍa (pond) within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated in this verse; it sets the scene at the tīrtha and its kuṇḍa.