Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

तत्रैव मातृतीर्थं च मुनिनोक्तं मुनीश्वराः । शङ्खचूडं च केदारं पाराशरमतः परम्

Transliteration

tatraiva mātṛtīrthaṃ ca muninoktaṃ munīśvarāḥ | śaṅkhacūḍaṃ ca kedāraṃ pārāśaramataḥ param

Translation

Eben dort ist das Mātṛ-tīrtha, von den Weisen verkündet, o Herren unter den Weisen. Dort sind auch Śaṅkhacūḍa und Kedāra; und danach das Heiligtum Pārāśara.

Word by Word

• तत्रैव: right there, in that very place
• तत्रैव: Sambandha (Location/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र + एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय-समुच्चय (adverb + particle)

• मातृतीर्थम्: Mātṛ-tīrtha (name)
• मातृतीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ-तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• मुनिनोक्तम्: spoken/declared by the sage
• मुनिनोक्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुनि-उक्त (प्रातिपदिक; समास/कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'मुनिना उक्तम्' इति तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः; उक्त = √वच् (धातु) क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• मुनीश्वराः: lords among sages (great sages)
• मुनीश्वराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; 'मुनीनां ईश्वराः/मुनय एव ईश्वराः' (महामुनयः) संबोधन/प्रथमा-बहुवचन (contextually vocative possible)

• शङ्खचूडम्: Śaṅkhacūḍa (name)
• शङ्खचूडम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्ख-चूड (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (शङ्ख इव चूडः यस्य/शङ्खचूड-नाम)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• केदारम्: Kedāra (name)
• केदारम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केदार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• पाराशरम्: Pārāśara (name)
• पाराशरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पराशर-सम्बन्धिन् 'पाराशर' (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; पाराशर = पराशर-गोत्र/पराशर-सम्बन्धि (patronymic)

• अतः: thereafter
• अतः: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb; 'thereafter/from there')

• परम्: further, next
• परम्: Sambandha (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् 'further/next'

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced; vocative 'munīśvarāḥ' fits Sūta addressing assembled sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mātṛtīrtha; Śaṅkhacūḍa; Kedāra; Pārāśara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-led group pauses at Mātṛtīrtha where a Devī shrine stands beside a liṅga; a nearby spot marked Śaṅkhacūḍa with a conch emblem and subdued guardian imagery; Kedāra shrine with mountain motif; Pārāśara shrine with an elderly sage holding a manuscript, blessing pilgrims.

Characters & Entities

• Mātṛ-tīrtha
• Śaṅkhacūḍa
• Kedāra
• Pārāśara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha tradition is validated by ṛṣi-testimony; sacred places endure as dharma because they are remembered and transmitted by sages.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mātṛ-tīrtha, Śaṅkhacūḍa, Kedāra, and Pārāśara as stations in the Revā Khaṇḍa sacred itinerary.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the emphasis is on authoritative remembrance (muninokta) and visitation.