Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

तत्पुष्पमालां हृदये तीर्थस्तबकचित्रिताम् । दधाति सततं पुण्यां मुनिर्भृगुकुलोद्वहः । तस्याः स्तबकसंस्थानं वक्ष्येऽहमृषिसत्तमाः

Transliteration

tatpuṣpamālāṃ hṛdaye tīrthastabakacitritām | dadhāti satataṃ puṇyāṃ munirbhṛgukulodvahaḥ | tasyāḥ stabakasaṃsthānaṃ vakṣye'hamṛṣisattamāḥ

Translation

Diese verdienstvolle Blumengirlande, geschmückt mit bunt geordneten Büscheln von Tīrthas, trägt der Weise — Zierde des Geschlechts Bhṛgus — unablässig in seinem Herzen. O ihr besten der Ṛṣis, nun will ich die Anordnung jener Büschel darlegen.

Word by Word

• tat: of that
• tat: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-विशेषण

• puṣpa: flower
• puṣpa: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; समासाङ्ग

• mālām: garland
• mālām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mālā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; तत्+पुष्प+मालाम् इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषसमासः (garland of that flower)

• hṛdaye: in the heart
• hṛdaye: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛdaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (location)

• tīrtha: pilgrimage-place
• tīrtha: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया/समासाङ्ग (compound member); यहाँ समासाङ्ग

• stabaka: cluster
• stabaka: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: stabaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, समासाङ्ग (cluster/bunch)

• citritām: adorned/variegated
• citritām: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: citrita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; tīrtha+stabaka+citritām इति तत्पुरुषसमासः (adorned with clusters of tīrthas)

• dadhāti: holds/bears
• dadhāti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dhā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• satatam: constantly
• satatam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: satata (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• puṇyām: holy
• puṇyām: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; मालाम् विशेषयति

• muniḥ: sage
• muniḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• bhṛgu: Bhṛgu
• bhṛgu: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhṛgu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, समासाङ्ग

• kula: lineage
• kula: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, समासाङ्ग

• udvahaḥ: foremost of Bhṛgu’s lineage
• udvahaḥ: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: udvaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; भृगु+कुल+उद्वहः इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ornament/standard-bearer of Bhṛgu lineage)

• tasyāḥ: of that (garland)
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (of it/her)

• stabaka: cluster
• stabaka: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: stabaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, समासाङ्ग

• saṃsthānam: arrangement/structure
• saṃsthānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃsthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; stabaka+saṃsthānam इति तत्पुरुषः (arrangement/structure of clusters)

• vakṣye: I shall describe
• vakṣye: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• ṛṣi: sages
• ṛṣi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, समासाङ्ग

• sattamāḥ: O best (sages)
• sattamāḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), बहुवचन; ṛṣi+sattamāḥ इति तत्पुरुषः (best among sages)

Speaker

Sūta

Characters & Entities

• Bhṛgu lineage
• Mārkaṇḍeya (implied)
• Ṛṣis (Sages)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The truest ‘map’ of tīrthas is held in remembrance and devotion; sacred geography becomes inner cultivation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The collective Revā tīrthas, presented as a garland organized into clusters.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it announces the forthcoming systematic description of tīrtha clusters.