Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

समागतान्येकतां वै तत्र तीर्थे युधिष्ठिर । तत्तीर्थं वैष्णवं पुण्यं देवतीर्थमिति श्रुतम्

Transliteration

samāgatānyekatāṃ vai tatra tīrthe yudhiṣṭhira | tattīrthaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ puṇyaṃ devatīrthamiti śrutam

Translation

„Dort, an jenem Tīrtha, o Yudhiṣṭhira, sind die Kräfte der Tīrthas wahrlich zusammengekommen und zu Einerheit geworden. Dieser heilige Übergang ist eine vaiṣṇavische Stätte des Verdienstes und wird als ‚Devātīrtha‘ vernommen.“

Word by Word

• समागतानि: have come together, assembled
• समागतानि: Kriya/Predicate (with implied 'are')
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृदन्त (past participle; here adjectival), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• एकताम्: into oneness, unity
• एकताम्: Karma (Object/goal state)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), निश्चयार्थ/प्रमाणार्थ (indeed)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• तीर्थे: at the tīrtha
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिर: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (demonstrative)

• तीर्थम्: tīrtha
• तीर्थम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• वैष्णवम्: Vaiṣṇava, pertaining to Viṣṇu
• वैष्णवम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैष्णव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• पुण्यम्: holy, meritorious
• पुण्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• देवतीर्थम्: Devatīrtha
• देवतीर्थम्: Samjna/Predicate nominative (as name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; देव + तीर्थ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• इति: thus, as
• इति: Quotation marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, इत्यादि-उद्धरणसूचक (quotative marker)

• श्रुतम्: is heard/known (as)
• श्रुतम्: Kriya (predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devātīrtha

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A visionary depiction of multiple tīrthas’ energies merging into a single luminous river-ford labeled Devātīrtha; above, Viṣṇu’s symbols (śaṅkha-cakra) radiate, while sages and devas appear as subtle forms dissolving into one light.

Characters & Entities

• Devātīrtha
• Viṣṇu (implied by vaiṣṇavam)
• Yudhiṣṭhira

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A supreme tīrtha is described as a ‘gathering’ of many sanctities—suggesting concentrated merit and accessible purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Devātīrtha, explicitly named and characterized as a Vaiṣṇava holy place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite here; the verse establishes the site’s unique status as a unified tīrtha.