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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

श्रीमार्कण्डेय उवाच । नर्मदादक्षिणे कूले तीर्थं परमशोभनम् । स्कन्देन निर्मितं पूर्वं तपः कृत्वा सुदारुणम्

Transliteration

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca | narmadādakṣiṇe kūle tīrthaṃ paramaśobhanam | skandena nirmitaṃ pūrvaṃ tapaḥ kṛtvā sudāruṇam

Translation

শ্রী মার্কণ্ডেয় বললেন—নর্মদার দক্ষিণ তীরে এক পরম শোভন তীর্থ আছে। পূর্বকালে স্কন্দ অত্যন্ত কঠোর তপস্যা করে তা প্রতিষ্ঠা করেছিলেন।

Word by Word
श्रीमार्कण्डेयःŚrī Mārkaṇḍeya
श्रीमार्कण्डेयः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootश्री-मार्कण्डेय (प्रातिपदिक; श्री + मार्कण्डेय)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; संबोधन-रहितः कर्तृपद-प्रयोगः
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
नर्मदायाःof the Narmadā
नर्मदायाः:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootनर्मदा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन
दक्षिणेon the southern
दक्षिणे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootदक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (कूले इति)
कूलेbank
कूले:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootकूल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन
तीर्थम्a sacred ford/place of pilgrimage
तीर्थम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन; अत्र प्रथमा (उक्त-वस्तु)
परमशोभनम्supremely beautiful
परमशोभनम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपरम-शोभन (प्रातिपदिक; परम + शोभन)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (तीर्थम् इति)
स्कन्देनby Skanda
स्कन्देन:
Karana/Agent-Instrument (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootस्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
निर्मितम्constructed/created
निर्मितम्:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया-विशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootनि-√मा (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (तीर्थम् इति) विशेषण-रूपेण
पूर्वम्formerly/earlier
पूर्वम्:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)
तपःausterity
तपः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
कृत्वाhaving performed
कृत्वा:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive); पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया
सुदारुणम्very severe
सुदारुणम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु-दारुण (प्रातिपदिक; सु + दारुण)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (तपः इति)
Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On the lush southern bank of the Narmadā, a radiant tīrtha manifests—marked by simple stone steps/ford—while Skanda’s past austerity is evoked as a luminous aura over the waters.

Characters & Entities
M
Mārkaṇḍeya
N
Narmadā (Revā)
S
Skanda
T
tīrtha

FAQs

Holy places gain sanctity through divine tapas and establishment; pilgrimage is grounded in the spiritual power of austerity and divine presence.

A splendid tīrtha on the southern bank of the Narmadā, said to be founded by Skanda.

No direct prescription here; it introduces the tīrtha’s origin through Skanda’s tapas.

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