Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

अमरंकट इत्येवं तेन प्रोक्तो मनीषिभिः । महापवित्रो लोकेषु शम्भुना स विनिर्मितः

Transliteration

amaraṃkaṭa ityevaṃ tena prokto manīṣibhiḥ | mahāpavitro lokeṣu śambhunā sa vinirmitaḥ

Translation

So haben die Weisen es nach dieser Einsicht „Amaraṃkaṭa“ genannt. Unter den Welten ist es höchst reinigend, von Śambhu selbst so eingesetzt.

Word by Word

• अमरंकट: Amaraṅkaṭa (name of the place)
• अमरंकट: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमर + कट (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अमराणां कटः/कटम्)

• इति: thus/so called
• इति: Discourse marker (उद्धरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: इति-शब्दः; अव्यय, उद्धरण-चिह्न (quotative particle)

• एवम्: in this manner
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb of manner)

• तेन: by him/therefore
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• प्रोक्तः: was called/said
• प्रोक्तः: Kriya (Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु) → प्रोक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थः (passive sense: ‘having been said/called’)

• मनीषिभिः: by sages/wise men
• मनीषिभिः: Kartr̥ (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनीषिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• महापवित्रः: very holy
• महापवित्रः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + पवित्र (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• लोकेषु: in the worlds/among people
• लोकेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• शम्भुना: by Śambhu (Śiva)
• शम्भुना: Kartr̥ (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• सः: he/that (place)
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• विनिर्मितः: was created/constructed
• विनिर्मितः: Kriya (Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + निर् + मा (धातु) → विनिर्मित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थः (passive: ‘was made/created’)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; Revā Khaṇḍa māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Amaraṃkaṭa (Amarkantak)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages (manīṣibhiḥ) indicate and name the sacred mountain Amaraṃkaṭa; Śiva’s unseen/manifest presence consecrates the landscape; the aura of purification radiates across worlds.

Characters & Entities

• Amaraṃkaṭa (Amarkantak)
• Śambhu (Śiva)
• Manīṣin (sages)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s power is rooted in divine sanction: Amaraṃkaṭa is praised as universally purifying because Śiva himself consecrated it.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Amaraṃkaṭa (Amarkantak), celebrated as a mahā-pavitra (great purifier).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the verse establishes the site’s inherent purificatory merit, implying value in pilgrimage and worship there.