Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

कृष्णपक्षे चतुर्दश्यां मासि भाद्रपदे नृप । तीर्थकोटीः समाहूय मुनिभिः स्थापितः शिवः

Transliteration

kṛṣṇapakṣe caturdaśyāṃ māsi bhādrapade nṛpa | tīrthakoṭīḥ samāhūya munibhiḥ sthāpitaḥ śivaḥ

Translation

أيها الملك، في اليوم القمري الرابع عشر (تشاتورداشي) من النصف المظلم من شهر بهادرابادا، استدعى الحكماء كروراتٍ من التيـرثات وأقاموا هناك الرب شيفا.

Word by Word

• कृष्णपक्षे: in the dark fortnight
• कृष्णपक्षे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारयः (कृष्णः पक्षः)

• चतुर्दश्याम्: on the fourteenth lunar day
• चतुर्दश्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• भाद्रपदे: (of) Bhādrapada
• भाद्रपदे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाद्रपद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तीर्थकोटीः: crores of tīrthas (holy places)
• तीर्थकोटीः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (तीर्थाणां कोटयः)

• समाहूय: having summoned
• समाहूय: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-ह्वा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having summoned/called together’

• मुनिभिः: by sages
• मुनिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• स्थापितः: was established
• स्थापितः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: कर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शिवः: Śiva
• शिवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Revā-khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Koṭitīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On Bhādrapada dark-fortnight caturdaśī, sages perform a grand invocation where innumerable tīrthas are symbolically summoned; a Śiva-liṅga is installed amid lamps, kalashas, and river offerings under a night sky.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• muni (sages)
• Bhādrapada
• Kṛṣṇapakṣa
• Caturdaśī
• tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Auspicious times and sacred places amplify devotion; establishing Śiva at a tīrtha concentrates merit and sanctity for seekers.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Revā-khaṇḍa tīrtha in the Narmadā/Revā sacred landscape where Śiva is said to be established by sages (the verse emphasizes the tīrtha-complex rather than naming one in this line).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observance of Bhādrapada kṛṣṇapakṣa caturdaśī and honoring a Śiva-sthāpita tīrtha; the implied practice is pilgrimage and worship at that sanctified ford.