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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

मार्कण्डेय उवाच । परार्थं गच्छतस्तन्मे वदतः शृणु पार्थिव । यथा यावत्फलं तस्य यात्रादिविहितं भवेत्

Transliteration

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca | parārthaṃ gacchatastanme vadataḥ śṛṇu pārthiva | yathā yāvatphalaṃ tasya yātrādivihitaṃ bhavet

Translation

قال ماركاندييا: أيها الملك، اصغِ لما أبيّنه لك؛ فإن من يسافر لأجل غيره، كيف وبأي مقدار تُقَدَّر ثمرة تلك الرحلة إلى التيرثا والطقوس المتعلّقة بها، ذلك ما أشرحه.

Word by Word
मार्कण्डेयःMārkaṇḍeya
मार्कण्डेयः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमार्कण्डेय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; speaker
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√वच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
परार्थम्for others’ benefit
परार्थम्:
Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
TypeNoun
Rootपरार्थ (प्रातिपदिक; पर + अर्थ)
Formद्वितीया, एकवचन; adverbial accusative ‘for others’ sake’
गच्छतःof one who goes
गच्छतः:
Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeVerb
Root√गम् (धातु)
Formशतृ (present active participle), षष्ठी, एकवचन; ‘of one who goes’
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘that’ (the answer)
मेto me
मे:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formचतुर्थी, एकवचन; enclitic dative ‘to me’
वदतःas I speak; of (me) speaking
वदतः:
Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeVerb
Root√वद् (धातु)
Formशतृ (present active participle), षष्ठी, एकवचन; ‘of (me) speaking’ (genitive absolute-like)
शृणुlisten
शृणु:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√श्रु (धातु)
Formलोट् (imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन
पार्थिवO king
पार्थिव:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootपार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; address
यथाas; in the manner that
यथा:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (conjunction/adverb), ‘as/in what manner’
यावत्as much as
यावत्:
Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयावत् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक-स्वरूप)
Formअव्यय (correlative), ‘as much as/so far as’
फलम्fruit; result
फलम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootफल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन
तस्यof him/that
तस्य:
Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; ‘of that (person/act)’
यात्रादिpilgrimage and the like
यात्रादि:
Samasa-anga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
TypeNoun
Rootयात्रा-आदि (प्रातिपदिक; यात्रा + आदि)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; here as compound member ‘pilgrimage etc.’
विहितम्prescribed
विहितम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootविहित (कृदन्त; वि + √धा (धातु) + क्त)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; past passive participle ‘prescribed/ordained’; agrees with ‘फलम्’
भवेत्would be
भवेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√भू (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘may be/would be’
Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: परार्थ-यात्रा-फल-निर्णय (to be detailed)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mārkaṇḍeya raises his hand in teaching gesture, promising a precise account of the ordained fruits of proxy pilgrimage; the king listens attentively.

Characters & Entities
M
Mārkaṇḍeya
Y
Yudhiṣṭhira

FAQs

Dharma regarding pilgrimage has specific ordinances; merit is not vague but described with rules based on intention and prescribed practice.

The verse introduces a general exposition on tīrtha practice, situated within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative.

It signals forthcoming prescriptions about ‘pilgrimage and allied rites’ (yātrā-ādi) when done parārtha (for another).

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