Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

आदित्येश्वरमायाताः प्रसङ्गादृषिपुंगवाः । वृक्षैः संछादितं शुभ्रं धवतिन्दुकपाटलैः

Transliteration

ādityeśvaramāyātāḥ prasaṅgādṛṣipuṃgavāḥ | vṛkṣaiḥ saṃchāditaṃ śubhraṃ dhavatindukapāṭalaiḥ

Translation

Vom Fortgang der Erzählung mitgerissen, gelangten die erhabensten ṛṣis nach Ādityeśvara. Sie erblickten jene strahlende heilige Stätte, von Bäumen überdacht—dhava, tinduka und pāṭala—leuchtend in glückverheißender Schönheit.

Word by Word

• āditya-īśvaram: to Ādityeśvara (a shrine/place)
• āditya-īśvaram: Karma (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āditya (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; गन्तव्य-स्थान (to Ādityeśvara)

• āyātāḥ: came, arrived
• āyātāḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā + √yā (या) (धातु) → आयात (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकालिक-कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘आगताः’ (having come)

• prasaṅgāt: incidentally, due to occasion
• prasaṅgāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasaṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (because of/incidentally)

• ṛṣi-puṃgavāḥ: the foremost sages
• ṛṣi-puṃgavāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक) + puṃgava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘ऋषीणां पुंगवाः’ (best of sages)

• vṛkṣaiḥ: by trees
• vṛkṣaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛkṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• saṃchāditam: covered
• saṃchāditam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam + √chad (छद्) (धातु) → संछादित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकालिक-कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (covered)

• śubhram: bright, white, pure
• śubhram: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubhra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• dhava-tinduka-pāṭalaiḥ: by dhava, tinduka, and pāṭala (trees)
• dhava-tinduka-pāṭalaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhava (प्रातिपदिक) + tinduka (प्रातिपदिक) + pāṭala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (dhava, tinduka, and pāṭala trees)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) [deduced: Purāṇic narration to sages in a māhātmya setting]

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ādityeśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Foremost sages arrive at Ādityeśvara: a bright, white-radiant sacred precinct under a canopy of dhava, tinduka, and pāṭala trees; the shrine glows as if touched by sunlight filtered through leaves.

Characters & Entities

• Ādityeśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha is recognized not only by doctrine but by its auspicious, sanctifying environment—nature itself becomes a sign of sacred presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ādityeśvara-tīrtha, presented within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s pilgrimage geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated here; the verse functions as a māhātmya-style scene-setting for the tīrtha.