Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

गतेषु तेषु सर्वेषु स्थापयामास चाच्युतम् । माण्डव्येश्वरनामानं नारायण इति स्मृतम्

Transliteration

gateṣu teṣu sarveṣu sthāpayāmāsa cācyutam | māṇḍavyeśvaranāmānaṃ nārāyaṇa iti smṛtam

Translation

Als alle fortgegangen waren, setzte er dort Acyuta, den Unfehlbaren, ein—als Nārāyaṇa in Erinnerung—berühmt unter dem Namen Māṇḍavyeśvara.

Word by Word

• gateṣu: when (they) had gone
• gateṣu: Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute/सप्तमी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √gam (धातु) + gata (कृत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘गत’—सप्तमी-सम्बन्धे (locative absolute sense)

• teṣu: among them/when they
• teṣu: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• sarveṣu: all (of them)
• sarveṣu: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; विशेषण (तेषु)

• sthāpayāmāsa: installed/caused to be placed
• sthāpayāmāsa: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (धातु) + causative (णिच्) sthāpaya + √as (धातु) (periphrastic perfect)
• Form: लिट् (Periphrastic Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative)

• ca: and
• ca: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (and)

• acyutam: Acyuta (Viṣṇu)
• acyutam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: acyuta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विष्णोर्नाम

• māṇḍavya-īśvara-nāmānam: having the name ‘Māṇḍavyeśvara’
• māṇḍavya-īśvara-nāmānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: māṇḍavya (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (माण्डव्येश्वर इति नाम यस्य/नामानम्) विशेषण (acyutam)

• nārāyaṇaḥ: Nārāyaṇa
• nārāyaṇaḥ: Karta/Predicate nominal (उपपद)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; नाम-निर्देश (apposition)

• iti: thus/as
• iti: Quotation marker (इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-कार (quotation marker)

• smṛtam: is remembered/called
• smṛtam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √smṛ (धातु) + smṛta (कृत्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त) ‘स्मृत’—विधेय (is called/known)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Purāṇic narration style within Āvantya/Revā material)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Māṇḍavyeśvara (Nārāyaṇa/Acyuta)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After the assembly disperses, the sage performs installation: a serene image of Acyuta/Nārāyaṇa is set upon a pedestal; lamps, kalasha, flowers, and mantra-gesture; the shrine is named Māṇḍavyeśvara.

Characters & Entities

• Acyuta
• Nārāyaṇa
• Māṇḍavyeśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Establishing the Lord at a holy place (pratiṣṭhā) is presented as a lasting act of dharma that sanctifies the region and supports devotion for future pilgrims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Māṇḍavyeśvara/Nārāyaṇa sacred spot within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s Narmadā tīrtha landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Deity installation (pratiṣṭhā/sthāpanā) of Acyuta—Nārāyaṇa under the name Māṇḍavyeśvara.