Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

एष ते विधिरुद्दिष्टः संक्षेपेण मयानघ । व्युष्टिस्तीर्थस्य महती पुराणे याभिधीयते

Transliteration

eṣa te vidhiruddiṣṭaḥ saṃkṣepeṇa mayānagha | vyuṣṭistīrthasya mahatī purāṇe yābhidhīyate

Translation

So, o Makelloser, habe ich dir kurz die vorgeschriebene Ordnung dargelegt; die große, ausführlichere Darstellung dieses Tīrtha wird im Purāṇa verkündet.

Word by Word

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• ते: for you/of you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी एकवचन (Genitive/Dative sg; here Genitive 'of you')

• विधिः: rule/rite
• विधिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• उद्दिष्टः: has been stated/indicated
• उद्दिष्टः: Kriya (Predicative participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद् + √दिश् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधिः इति पदस्य विशेषण

• संक्षेपेण: briefly
• संक्षेपेण: Karana (Manner/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संक्षेप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणार्थे (in brief)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• अनघ: O sinless one
• अनघ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• व्युष्टिः: detailed account/description
• व्युष्टिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्युष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• तीर्थस्य: of the tīrtha
• तीर्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• महती: great
• महती: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (व्युष्टेः)

• पुराणे: in the Purāṇa
• पुराणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• या: which
• या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• अभिधीयते: is described/said
• अभिधीयते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + √धा (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya (continuing)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-teacher (Mārkaṇḍeya) addressing a royal listener (Yudhiṣṭhira), palm-leaf manuscript nearby, gesturing that the detailed account lies ‘in the Purāṇa’.

Characters & Entities

• Mokṣatīrtha
• Purāṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage practice is transmitted as a formal vidhi, and the Purāṇic tradition preserves both concise guidance and extended māhātmya accounts.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same Mokṣatīrtha being discussed; this verse signals that its fuller māhātmya is recorded elsewhere in the Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It closes the instruction by noting that the vidhi has been given in brief; no new ritual detail is added in this verse.