Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 106
Devanagari script
शिरसस्तस्य तालुक्यखंडमेतद्वृकोदर । योजनद्वादशायामं मृदु क्षिप्तं विचूर्णितम्
Transliteration
śirasastasya tālukyakhaṃḍametadvṛkodara | yojanadvādaśāyāmaṃ mṛdu kṣiptaṃ vicūrṇitam
Translation
“اے وریکودر! یہ اس کے سر کے تالو کا ایک ٹکڑا ہے—بارہ یوجن کے پھیلاؤ والا—جو نرم پڑ کر نیچے گرا اور کچل کر ریزہ ریزہ ہو گیا۔”
Word by Word
śirasaḥof the head
śirasaḥ:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठī)
TypeNoun
Rootśiras (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन (neuter gen sg)
tasyaof him
tasya:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठī)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (of him/that)
tālukya-khaṇḍama piece of the palate (region)
tālukya-khaṇḍam:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottālukya + khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (tālukyasya khaṇḍam = piece of the palate region)
etatthis
etat:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootetat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (this)
vṛkodaraO Vṛkodara (Bhima)
vṛkodara:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootvṛka + udara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th case), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (one whose belly is like a wolf; epithet)
yojana-dvādaśa-āyāmamtwelve-yojanas long
yojana-dvādaśa-āyāmam:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootyojana + dvādaśa + āyāma (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (measure: 'twelve-yojana in length')
mṛdusoft
mṛdu:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmṛdu (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (neuter nom/acc sg)
kṣiptamthrown
kṣiptam:
Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeVerb
Root√kṣip (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि (thrown)
vicūrṇitampulverized, shattered
vicūrṇitam:
Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootvi-√cūrṇ (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि (crushed to powder)
Speaker
Śrī Kṛṣṇa
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: kund
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Vṛkodara (Bhīma)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Kṛṣṇa points to the reduced expanse and explains it is a crushed, softened fragment of Kumbhakarṇa’s palate, twelve yojanas long; the scene juxtaposes calm divinity with unsettling mythic anatomy.
Characters & Entities
K
KṛṣṇaB
Bhīma (Vṛkodara)K
KumbhakarṇaFAQs
Purāṇic tradition sacralizes geography by reading cosmic history into physical forms.
A particular tīrtha-name is not specified in this verse; it explains a physical marvel tied to Kumbhakarṇa.
None.