Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

कमण्डलुं तथान्यस्मिन्दिव्यवारिप्रपूरितम् । पुस्तकं च तथा वामे सर्वविद्यासमुद्भवम्

Transliteration

kamaṇḍaluṃ tathānyasmindivyavāriprapūritam | pustakaṃ ca tathā vāme sarvavidyāsamudbhavam

Translation

اور ایک اور ہاتھ میں اس نے کمنڈلو رکھا جو الٰہی پانی سے لبریز تھا؛ اور بائیں ہاتھ میں کتاب—جو تمام علوم کا سرچشمہ ہے۔

Word by Word

• कमण्डलुम्: water-pot
• कमण्डलुम्: Karma (Object held/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कमण्डलु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (also)

• अन्यस्मिन्: in another (one)
• अन्यस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; 'in another (hand)'

• दिव्यवारिप्रपूरितम्: filled with divine water
• दिव्यवारिप्रपूरितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य + वारि + प्रपूरित (पू॒र् धातु, क्त; प्र-उपसर्ग)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास: दिव्येन वारिणा प्रपूरितम्

• पुस्तकम्: book
• पुस्तकम्: Karma (Object held/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुस्तक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (also)

• वामे: in the left (hand)
• वामे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; (हस्ते) इति अध्याहार्य

• सर्वविद्यासमुद्भवम्: source of all learning
• सर्वविद्यासमुद्भवम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + विद्या + समुद्भव (सम्+उद्+भू धातु, क्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: सर्वासां विद्यानां समुद्भवः (source of all knowledges)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in a māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sarasvatī-tīrtha (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The idol’s remaining hands are completed: a divine-water-filled kamaṇḍalu and a sacred book in the left, signifying the fountainhead of all learning.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāratī (Sarasvatī)
• Kamaṇḍalu
• Pustaka (book/scripture)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Knowledge and purity together—scripture and sanctifying water—form the foundation of dharmic life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Sarasvatī-associated riverbank tīrtha setting within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Emphasizes sacred implements for worship—water-pot for consecration and book for vidyā-upāsanā.