Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

पूजिता च ततो दैवी कोलंबा जगदीश्वरी । परितुष्टा तदा देवी प्रणतं मा ततोऽब्रवीत्

Transliteration

pūjitā ca tato daivī kolaṃbā jagadīśvarī | parituṣṭā tadā devī praṇataṃ mā tato'bravīt

Translation

随后，神圣的科兰芭（Kolaṃbā）——世间之主宰女神——受人礼敬供奉。女神心生欢喜，便在我俯首顶礼时对我开示。

Word by Word

• पूजिता: worshipped
• पूजिता: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक/अपादानार्थक (thereafter)

• दैवी: divine
• दैवी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दैवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• कोलंबा: Kolambā (goddess-name)
• कोलंबा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोलंबा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• जगदीश्वरी: Mistress of the world
• जगदीश्वरी: Visheshana (Appositional epithet/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (जगतः ईश्वरी)

• परितुष्टा: fully pleased
• परितुष्टा: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तुष् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्यय (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपसर्गः परि-

• तदा: at that time
• तदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• प्रणतम्: the bowed (one), the supplicant
• प्रणतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-नम् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्यय (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; उपसर्गः प्र-; (अत्र) ‘प्रणतम्’ = नमस्कृतं/नतं (one who has bowed)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरकालवाचक (thereupon)

• अब्रवीत्: said
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist/अद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator within the Māheśvarakhaṇḍa (Sūta-style narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kolaṃbā-sthāna (at Rudrāṇī-kūpa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: the bowed devotee/narrator of the episode

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devotee completes worship of Kolaṃbā Jagadīśvarī; the Goddess, pleased, leans forward and begins to speak as the devotee bows with folded hands.

Characters & Entities

• Kolaṃbā Devī
• Jagadīśvarī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere worship at a sanctified place draws the Goddess’s direct response and grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Rudrāṇī-kūpa locale within Sarvartuka-vana, where Kolaṃbā is worshipped.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (formal worship) of the Goddess at the tīrtha.