Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

दर्शयन्पञ्चधात्मानमुत्तरे नर्मदातटे । तथाद्यं कोरलायां तु द्वितीयं योधनीपुरे

Transliteration

darśayanpañcadhātmānamuttare narmadātaṭe | tathādyaṃ koralāyāṃ tu dvitīyaṃ yodhanīpure

Translation

Sich in fünf Gestalten offenbarend am nördlichen Ufer der Narmadā: die erste (Erscheinung) ist in Koralā, die zweite in Yodhanīpura.

Word by Word

• दर्शयन्: showing
• दर्शयन्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कृदन्तः (present active participle); पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (masc. nom. sg.)

• पञ्चधा: in five ways
• पञ्चधा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pañcadhā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; प्रकारवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb of manner: ‘in five ways’)

• आत्मानम्: himself/self
• आत्मानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (masculine, accusative, singular)

• उत्तरे: in the north
• उत्तरे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (neuter, locative, singular); ‘in the northern (part)’

• नर्मदा: Narmadā
• नर्मदा: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: narmadā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गम्; समासाङ्गत्वेन (as compound member)

• तटे: on the bank
• तटे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: taṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (neuter, locative, singular)

• तथा: thus/likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; अव्यय-समुच्चय/उपमानार्थक (thus/so; connective)

• आद्यम्: the first
• आद्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ādya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (neuter, accusative, singular); क्रमवाचक-विशेषणम्

• कोरलायाम्: in Koralā
• कोरलायाम्: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: koralā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे सप्तमी-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (feminine, locative, singular)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; विरोध/विशेषार्थक-निपातः (particle: but/indeed)

• द्वितीयम्: the second
• द्वितीयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvitīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (neuter, accusative, singular); क्रमवाचक-विशेषणम्

• योधनीपुरे: in Yodhanīpura
• योधनीपुरे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yodhanīpura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (neuter, locative, singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: योधनी + पुर (city of Yodhanī)

Speaker

Purāṇic narrator (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Koralā; Yodhanīpura (as first and second manifestations)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim’s-view panorama of the Narmadā’s north bank with two marked sacred stations—Koralā (first) and Yodhanīpura (second)—each with a small shrine aura indicating Viṣṇu’s presence.

Characters & Entities

• Narmadā (Revā)
• Pañca-Varāha
• Koralā
• Yodhanīpura

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Infinite becomes approachable through localized manifestations, allowing pilgrims to encounter the Divine through darśana in sacred places.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Koralā and Yodhanīpura, presented as the first two Varāha manifestation sites on the northern Narmadā bank.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, darśana (visiting/seeing) of these manifestations; detailed rites are not specified in this verse.