Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 91

Devanagari script

पुलस्त्यः पुलहश्चैव वसिष्ठात्रेयकाश्यपाः । तथान्ये च महाभागा नियमव्रतचारिणः । अन्ये च शतसाहस्रा अत्र सिद्धिं समागताः

Transliteration

pulastyaḥ pulahaścaiva vasiṣṭhātreyakāśyapāḥ | tathānye ca mahābhāgā niyamavratacāriṇaḥ | anye ca śatasāhasrā atra siddhiṃ samāgatāḥ

Translation

Pulastya, Pulaha, Vasiṣṭha, Atri und Kāśyapa; ebenso andere große Seelen, die Zucht und Gelübde üben—wahrlich, Hunderttausende weitere haben hier die geistige Vollkommenheit erlangt.

Word by Word

• पुलस्त्यः: Pulastya
• पुलस्त्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुलस्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; नाम

• पुलहः: Pulaha
• पुलहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुलह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; नाम

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (particle of emphasis)

• वसिष्ठ-अत्रेय-काश्यपाः: Vasiṣṭha, Ātreya, and Kāśyapa
• वसिष्ठ-अत्रेय-काश्यपाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक) + अत्रेय (प्रातिपदिक) + काश्यप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय

• महाभागाः: great/noble
• महाभागाः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाभाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (अन्ये)

• नियम-व्रत-चारिणः: practisers of disciplined vows
• नियम-व्रत-चारिणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नियम (प्रातिपदिक) + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक) + चारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘नियमव्रतेषु चारिणः’

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय

• शत-साहस्राः: hundreds of thousands
• शत-साहस्राः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + साहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; द्विगु-समास (संख्यावाचक)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• सिद्धिम्: attainment/perfection
• सिद्धिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• समागताः: have come/attained
• समागताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘आगताः/प्राप्ताः’

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (context: Revā-khaṇḍa narration praising the site by listing sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā siddhi-tīrtha (general ‘atra’ locus)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience seeking tīrtha-pramāṇa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand assembly of ṛṣis—Pulastya, Pulaha, Vasiṣṭha, Atri, Kāśyapa—seated in a semicircle on the Narmadā bank; behind them, countless ascetics in rows, performing japa, homa smoke rising, suggesting ‘hundreds of thousands’ attaining siddhi.

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• Pulaha
• Vasiṣṭha
• Atri
• Kāśyapa
• Narmadā (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sacred place is validated by the tapas and siddhi of realized sages; disciplined vows at such a tirtha lead to attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ‘here’ refers to the Revā/Narmadā tirtha-region being praised in the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observance of niyama (restraints) and vrata (vows) is implied as the ascetic practice associated with attainment.