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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

यथा हि पुरुषे देवस्त्रैमूर्तत्वमुपाश्रितः । ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेशाख्यं न भेदस्तत्र वै यथा । तथा सरित्त्रये पार्थ भेदं मनसि मा कृथाः

Transliteration

yathā hi puruṣe devastraimūrtatvamupāśritaḥ | brahmaviṣṇumaheśākhyaṃ na bhedastatra vai yathā | tathā sarittraye pārtha bhedaṃ manasi mā kṛthāḥ

Translation

Wie der eine Gott, im Menschen weilend, die dreifache Gestalt annimmt, die Brahmā, Viṣṇu und Maheśa heißt, ohne wirkliche Trennung, so auch, o Pārtha, schaffe in deinem Geist keine Unterschiede unter den drei heiligen Flüssen.

Word by Word
यथाjust as
यथा:
Sambandha (Correlative)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyathā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; उपमान/यथार्थ-बोधक (comparative/relative adverb)
हिindeed
हि:
Discourse particle (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (emphatic/causal particle)
पुरुषेin the person
पुरुषे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootpuruṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन
देवःthe Lord/God
देवः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
त्रैमूर्तत्वम्the state of being the triad (three forms)
त्रैमूर्तत्वम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottrai-mūrti-tva: tri (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + mūrti (प्रातिपदिक) + tva (तद्धित-प्रत्यय)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (त्रयाणां मूर्तीनां भावः)
उपाश्रितःhas assumed/resorted to
उपाश्रितः:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√śri (श्रि धातु) + उप-आ उपसर्गौ + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formकृदन्त (past active participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तरि-प्रयोग (having resorted to)
ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेशाख्यम्called Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Maheśa
ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेशाख्यम्:
Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootbrahmā (प्रातिपदिक) + viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक) + maheśa (प्रातिपदिक) + ākhyam (प्रातिपदिक; ‘named’)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—(ब्रह्मा-विष्णु-महेश) इति द्वन्द्व + कर्मधारय (…आख्यम् = ‘called …’)
नno/not
न:
Negation (निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निषेध-निपात
भेदःdifference
भेदः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbheda (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
तत्रthere/in that (case)
तत्र:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatra (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय
वैindeed
वै:
Discourse particle (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (emphasis)
यथाas
यथा:
Sambandha (Correlative)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyathā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; यथा-शब्दः (correlative)
तथाso/likewise
तथा:
Sambandha (Correlative)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; तथाशब्दः (correlative ‘so’)
सरित्-त्रयेin the triad of rivers
सरित्-त्रये:
Adhikarana (Domain/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsarit (प्रातिपदिक) + traya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सरितां त्रयम्)
पार्थO Pārtha
पार्थ:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootpārtha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन
भेदम्difference
भेदम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootbheda (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
मनसिin (your) mind
मनसि:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootmanas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
माdo not
मा:
Negation (Prohibition/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootmā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निषेधार्थक (prohibitive particle used with लोट्/विधिलिङ्)
कृथाःmake/do
कृथाः:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√kṛ (कृ धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
Speaker

Narrative voice addressing Pārtha (Arjuna); speaker not explicit in snippet

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tri-river abheda (Gaṅgā–Sarasvatī–Revā)

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha (addressed) / Yudhiṣṭhira (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teaching tableau: a sage instructs Pārtha/Yudhiṣṭhira; above, a single radiant deity splits into three (Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Maheśa) without separation; below, three rivers flow from one source, merging in the viewer’s perception.

Characters & Entities
T
Trimūrti
B
Brahmā
V
Viṣṇu
M
Maheśa (Śiva)
P
Pārtha (Arjuna)
T
Three sacred rivers (implied: Gaṅgā, Sarasvatī, Revā/Narmadā)

FAQs

Do not rank sacred manifestations competitively; the divine is one, appearing in many forms, and tīrthas share that unified sanctity.

The teaching supports equal reverence for the triad of sacred rivers, within which Revā/Narmadā is being especially established in this chapter.

A mental discipline is prescribed: avoid bheda-buddhi (divisive thinking) regarding tīrthas, which undergirds proper pilgrimage attitude.

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