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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

श्रीमार्कण्डेय उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महीपाल वह्नितीर्थमनुत्तमम् । यत्र सिद्धो महातेजास्तपः कृत्वा हुताशनः

Transliteration

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca | tato gacchenmahīpāla vahnitīrthamanuttamam | yatra siddho mahātejāstapaḥ kṛtvā hutāśanaḥ

Translation

শ্রী মার্কণ্ডেয় বললেন— হে মহীপাল! তারপর অনুত্তম বহ্নিতীর্থে গমন করা উচিত, যেখানে মহাতেজস্বী হুতাশন তপস্যা করে সিদ্ধি লাভ করেছিলেন।

Word by Word
श्रीमार्कण्डेयःthe venerable Mārkaṇḍeya
श्रीमार्कण्डेयः:
Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootश्री-मार्कण्डेय (प्रातिपदिक; श्री + मार्कण्डेय)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — nominative singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√वच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद — perfect, 3rd sg, active
ततःthen
ततः:
Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (अनन्तरार्थक) — 'then/thereafter'
गच्छेत्should go
गच्छेत्:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√गम् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद — optative, 3rd sg, active
महीपालO king
महीपाल:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootमहीपाल (प्रातिपदिक; मही + पाल)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन — vocative singular
वह्नितीर्थम्the Vahni-tīrtha (fire sacred place)
वह्नितीर्थम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवह्नि-तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; वह्नि + तीर्थ)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — accusative singular
अनुत्तमम्unsurpassed
अनुत्तमम्:
Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअनुत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — accusative singular; विशेषण of वह्नितीर्थम्
यत्रwhere
यत्र:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (सम्बन्ध/देशवाचक) — relative adverb 'where'
सिद्धःaccomplished
सिद्धः:
Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसिद्ध (कृदन्त; √सिध् (धातु) + क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — nominative singular; predicate adjective
महातेजाःof great splendor
महातेजाः:
Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहा-तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक; महा + तेजस्)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — nominative singular; विशेषण of हुताशनः
तपःausterity
तपः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — accusative singular
कृत्वाhaving performed
कृत्वा:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeIndeclinable
Root√कृ (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (अव्ययभाव; absolutive/gerund) — having done
हुताशनःAgni (the fire-god)
हुताशनः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootहुत-आशन (प्रातिपदिक; हुत (√हु + क्त) + आशन)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — nominative singular
Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vahni-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahīpāla (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sage Mārkaṇḍeya instructs a king beside the flowing Revā; in the distance a luminous Agni performs austerities near a marked ford, flames rising like a pillar.

Characters & Entities
M
Mārkaṇḍeya
M
Mahīpāla (King)
V
Vahni/Agni (Hutāśana)
V
Vahni-tīrtha

FAQs

A holy place gains greatness through divine tapas; pilgrimage to such a tīrtha aligns the devotee with that perfected spiritual power.

Vahni-tīrtha, a celebrated Narmadā river ford associated with Agni (Hutāśana).

The verse primarily prescribes going (gacchet) to Vahni-tīrtha; later verses in the sequence detail bathing and worship.

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