Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं तव भक्त्या तु भारत । पृथिव्यां सागरान्तायां प्रख्यातो मन्मथेश्वरः

Transliteration

etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ tava bhaktyā tu bhārata | pṛthivyāṃ sāgarāntāyāṃ prakhyāto manmatheśvaraḥ

Translation

All dies ist dir dargelegt worden, o Bhārata, aufgrund deiner Hingabe. Manmatheśvara ist auf der ganzen, von Ozeanen umgrenzten Erde berühmt.

Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Gen./Dat.), एकवचन; ‘to you/for you’ (contextually dative)

• sarvam: all; entire
• sarvam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; विशेषण (of etat)

• ākhyātam: has been explained; told
• ākhyātam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ākhyāta (कृदन्त; √khyā with ā- ‘to tell/declare’)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• bhaktyā: by devotion
• bhaktyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• tu: indeed; but
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वयबोधक-निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• bhārata: O Bhārata
• bhārata: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhārata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन

• pṛthivyām: on the earth
• pṛthivyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛthivī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• sāgara-antāyām: whose boundary is the ocean
• sāgara-antāyām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sāgara (प्रातिपदिक) + anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीह्यर्थे विशेषणवत्—‘सागरः अन्तः यस्याः’ (earth whose boundary is the ocean)

• prakhyātaḥ: renowned; well-known
• prakhyātaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prakhyāta (कृदन्त; √khyā with pra- ‘to become renowned’)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle used adjectivally), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• manmatha-īśvaraḥ: Manmatheśvara (Lord of Manmatha)
• manmatha-īśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manmatha (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (manmathasya īśvaraḥ)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from immediate continuation in Adhyāya 103)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Manmatheśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata (addressed as ‘Bhārata’, ‘bhaktyā’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher-sage concludes the māhātmya discourse, gesturing toward the Śiva shrine; pilgrims from many regions arrive, symbolizing the deity’s fame across the earth.

Characters & Entities

• Bhārata
• Manmatheśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion makes one fit to receive sacred teachings, and true tīrthas gain renown through their dharmic power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Manmatheśvara, celebrated as widely renowned.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it concludes the explanation and praises the tīrtha’s widespread fame.