Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

यत्रच्छत्रीकृतो दैत्यः शूलमारोप्य भूतले । तच्छूलोत्पाटनाज्जातं तत्र कुंडं महत्तरम्

Transliteration

yatracchatrīkṛto daityaḥ śūlamāropya bhūtale | tacchūlotpāṭanājjātaṃ tatra kuṃḍaṃ mahattaram

Translation

جہاں زمین پر ترشول پر دیو کو چھتری کی مانند چڑھا کر بیندا گیا تھا، اسی ترشول کے اکھڑنے سے وہاں ایک نہایت عظیم مقدس کنڈ (حوض) پیدا ہوا۔

Word by Word

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: 'where')

• chatrīkṛtaḥ: made into an umbrella (i.e., spread like an umbrella)
• chatrīkṛtaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: chatrī-kṛ (धातु: कृ)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• daityaḥ: the demon
• daityaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• śūlam: a spear/trident
• śūlam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śūla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• āropya: having mounted/placed (upon)
• āropya: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ā-ruh (धातु: रुह्)
• Form: कृदन्त; ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• bhūtale: on the ground
• bhūtale: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhū-tala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (भूः + तल); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• tat: that
• tat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (सम्बन्धसूचक)

• śūla: spear/trident
• śūla: Sambandha (Genitive-relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śūla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (समासपूर्वपद-रूप)

• utpāṭanāt: from the uprooting/removal
• utpāṭanāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ut-pāṭana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; अपादानार्थ (ablative: 'from/by')

• jātam: arose/was produced
• jātam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु: जन्)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भावे/कर्मणि प्रयोग (='arose/was born')

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: 'there')

• kuṃḍam: a pond/pit
• kuṃḍam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuṃḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• mahattaram: very great/greater
• mahattaram: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तरप्-प्रत्यय (comparative)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: (Unnamed here) Kuṇḍa at Kṛttivāseśvara associated with Śūlotpāṭana

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva’s trident stands planted in the earth with a daitya pinned like a canopy; as the trident is uprooted, a wide, luminous kuṇḍa wells up, ringed by astonished sages and gaṇas.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Śūla)
• Daitya (demon)
• Kuṇḍa (sacred pond)
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī’s landscape is sanctified by Śiva’s acts; mythic events become enduring tīrthas for later pilgrims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A great kuṇḍa (sacred pond) arising at the spot connected with Śiva’s trident and the demon’s downfall, in the Kṛttivāseśvara area of Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not here directly; the verse explains tīrtha-creation (the origin of the kuṇḍa).