Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 137

Devanagari script

अमरेश्वरपार्श्वे च तीर्थं शक्रेश्वरं नृप । तपस्तप्त्वा पुरा तत्र शक्रेण स्थापितं किल

Transliteration

amareśvarapārśve ca tīrthaṃ śakreśvaraṃ nṛpa | tapastaptvā purā tatra śakreṇa sthāpitaṃ kila

Translation

O König, nahe bei Amareśvara gibt es ein Tīrtha namens Śakreśvara; nachdem Śakra (Indra) dort einst Askese (tapas) geübt hatte, soll er es gestiftet haben.

Word by Word

• अमरेश्वरपार्श्वे: near Amareśvara
• अमरेश्वरपार्श्वे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amareśvara + pārśva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘अमरेश्वरस्य पार्श्वे’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• तीर्थम्: a sacred place
• तीर्थम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन

• शक्रेश्वरम्: Śakreśvara (name)
• शक्रेश्वरम्: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakra + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘शक्रस्य ईश्वरः’ (name of tīrtha/linga)

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन; कर्म of ‘तप्त्वा’

• तप्त्वा: having practiced (penance)
• तप्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √tap (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive): ‘having performed austerity’

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of time): ‘formerly/once’

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of place): ‘there’

• शक्रेण: by Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रेण: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन

• स्थापितम्: established
• स्थापितम्: Samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √sthā (धातु) + ṇic (causative) → sthāpita (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past participle, passive): ‘having been established’ qualifying ‘तीर्थम्’

• किल: it is said
• किल: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kila (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle): hearsay/emphasis ‘it is said/indeed’

Speaker

Śiva (Śaṅkara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śakreśvara

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra (Śakra) performing tapas near a Śiva-liṅga by a forest spring; later, he establishes Śakreśvara—small shrine beside the grand Amareśvara complex; attendants and apsarases remain at a respectful distance.

Characters & Entities

• Amareśvara
• Śakreśvara
• Śakra (Indra)
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the king of gods attains sanctity through tapas, and sacred sites are remembered through such divine austerities.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śakreśvara tīrtha, situated near Amareśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas (austerity) as the founding spiritual act associated with the site.