Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

हैमं कलशमादाय शिरसा बिभ्रती स्वयम् । करवालीस्वरूपेण चंडी जाता ततः स्वयम्

Transliteration

haimaṃ kalaśamādāya śirasā bibhratī svayam | karavālīsvarūpeṇa caṃḍī jātā tataḥ svayam

Translation

سونے کا کلش لے کر، خود اسے اپنے سر پر اٹھائے ہوئے، چنڈی نے تب خود ہی کرَوَالی کی صورت اختیار کر لی۔

Word by Word

• हैमम्: golden
• हैमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हैम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• कलशम्: pot
• कलशम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• आदाय: having taken
• आदाय: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund); ‘having taken’

• शिरसा: with/on the head
• शिरसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• बिभ्रती: bearing/carrying
• बिभ्रती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भृ (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• स्वयम्: herself
• स्वयम्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मन्यर्थे (indeclinable: herself)

• करवालीस्वरूपेण: in the form of a sword
• करवालीस्वरूपेण: Karana (Instrument/Mode/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: करवाली (प्रातिपदिक) + स्वरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; ‘करवाली-स्वरूप’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (in the form of a sword)

• चण्डी: Caṇḍī
• चण्डी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चण्डी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• जाता: became
• जाता: Kriya (State/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• ततः: thereupon
• ततः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्/अनन्तरं (thereupon/then)

• स्वयम्: herself
• स्वयम्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मन्यर्थे (herself)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedārakṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Caṇḍī lifts a gleaming golden kalaśa and balances it upon her head; in a moment of divine metamorphosis she becomes Karavālī—her form sharpened, ritual-ready, radiant against the Himalayan air.

Characters & Entities

• Caṇḍī
• Karavālī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine power adapts forms for sacred tasks; ritual symbols like the kalaśa signify auspiciousness and consecrated purpose.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra/Kedāranātha (Kedārakhaṇḍa context).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A kalaśa (consecration-pot) is mentioned as a sacred implement, though the verse does not lay out a full procedure.