Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

गौतमेन तपस्तप्तं तत्र तीर्थे युधिष्ठिर । दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रं तु ततस्तुष्टो महेश्वरः

Transliteration

gautamena tapastaptaṃ tatra tīrthe yudhiṣṭhira | divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu tatastuṣṭo maheśvaraḥ

Translation

An jenem Tīrtha, o Yudhiṣṭhira, übte Gautama Askese—wahrlich tausend göttliche Jahre lang. Danach wurde Maheśvara gnädig gestimmt.

Word by Word

• गौतमेन: by Gautama
• गौतमेन: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौतम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन (singular)

• तपः: austerity
• तपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (singular); कर्मरूपेण ‘तप्तम्’ इति सह

• तप्तम्: was performed/undertaken
• तप्तम्: Kriya (Participial predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप्त (कृदन्त; √तप् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘तपः’ इत्यस्य कर्मणि विशेषणम्

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक)

• तीर्थे: at the tīrtha
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन (singular)

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhishthira
• युधिष्ठिर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन (singular)

• दिव्यम्: divine
• दिव्यम्: Karma (Qualifier/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण—‘वर्षसहस्रम्’ इति

• वर्षसहस्रम्: a thousand years
• वर्षसहस्रम्: Karma (Extent of time/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष-सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक-समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (singular); समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (वर्षाणां सहस्रम्)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात)

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Kala-adhikarana (Temporal sequence/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रमवाचक)

• तुष्टः: pleased
• तुष्टः: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष्ट (कृदन्त; √तुष् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण—‘महेश्वरः’ इति

• महेश्वरः: Maheshvara (Shiva)
• महेश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक-समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (singular); कर्मधारयः (महान् ईश्वरः)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gautameśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sage Gautama in deep austerity near a riverbank hermitage; seasons passing symbolically; Śiva appearing or radiating approval after ‘divya-varṣa-sahasra’.

Characters & Entities

• Gautama
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Maheśvara (Śiva)
• Gautameśvara Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Long, disciplined tapas is portrayed as a direct cause for divine grace; sacred sites are sanctified through the austerities of great sages.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gautameśvara Tīrtha, associated with sage Gautama’s austerities.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse highlights tapas (austerity) as the practice, though it narrates Gautama’s act rather than issuing a general command.