Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

श्रीमार्कण्डेय उवाच । ततो गच्छेत्तु राजेन्द्र कह्लोडीतीर्थमुत्तमम् । रेवायाश्चोत्तरे कूले सर्वपापविनाशनम्

Transliteration

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca | tato gacchettu rājendra kahloḍītīrthamuttamam | revāyāścottare kūle sarvapāpavināśanam

Translation

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya sprach: „Dann, o König, soll man zur vortrefflichen Kahloḍī-Tīrtha gehen, am nördlichen Ufer der Revā (Narmadā), die alle Sünden vernichtet.“

Word by Word

• śrī-mārkaṇḍeyaḥ: the venerable Mārkaṇḍeya
• śrī-mārkaṇḍeyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + mārkaṇḍeya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (honorific qualifier); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Desha-Kala (Adverbial/देश-काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• gacchet: should go, let him go
• gacchet: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम् धातु)
• Form: लोट्/विधिलिङ्-रूप (injunctive/optative sense), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आज्ञार्थ/विध्यर्थ ‘let (one) go/should go’

• tu: indeed, then
• tu: Avyaya (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (concessive/emphatic particle)

• rājendra: O best of kings
• rājendra: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक) + indra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (rājñām indraḥ); पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• kahloḍī-tīrtham: the Kahloḍī sacred ford
• kahloḍī-tīrtham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kahloḍī (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (kahloḍyāḥ tīrtham / kahloḍī-nāma tīrtham); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• uttamam: excellent
• uttamam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण

• revāyāḥ: of the Revā (Narmadā)
• revāyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: revā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Avyaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• uttare: on the northern
• uttare: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; विशेषण (कूले इति)

• kūle: bank, shore
• kūle: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kūla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• sarva-pāpa-vināśanam: destroyer of all sins
• sarva-pāpa-vināśanam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + vināśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (sarvāṇi pāpāni vināśayati iti); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण (तīrtham इति)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kahloḍī Tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (rājendra)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mārkaṇḍeya instructs a king, pointing toward the north bank of the Narmadā where a tīrtha-marker/ghāṭa and small shrine stand amid pilgrims.

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Rājendra (King)
• Kahloḍī Tīrtha
• Revā (Narmadā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma promotes pilgrimage to sanctified river-sites as an accessible path for purification and merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kahloḍī Tīrtha on the northern bank of the Revā (Narmadā).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A direct prescription to go (gacchet) to the tīrtha; specific rites are not detailed in this verse.