Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

तदाप्रभृति तत्तीर्थं संजातंनर्मदातटे । तत्र तीर्थे तु यो गत्वा एकचित्तो जितेन्द्रियः

Transliteration

tadāprabhṛti tattīrthaṃ saṃjātaṃnarmadātaṭe | tatra tīrthe tu yo gatvā ekacitto jitendriyaḥ

Translation

Seit jener Zeit entstand jenes Tīrtha am Ufer der Narmadā. Wer zu diesem Tīrtha geht, einmütig und die Sinne bezwungen…

Word by Word

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• प्रभृति: from (that time) onward
• प्रभृति: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रभृति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आरम्भवाचक (from... onwards)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण of 'तीर्थम्'

• तीर्थम्: sacred ford; pilgrimage place
• तीर्थम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• संजातम्: came into being; arose
• संजातम्: Kriya (Predicate state)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + जन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; 'तीर्थम्' इत्यस्य विधेय

• नर्मदातटे: on the bank of the Narmadā
• नर्मदातटे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर्मदा + तट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• तीर्थे: at the sacred place
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• तु: indeed; and
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Purvakala-Kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (prior action)

• एकचित्तः: single-minded
• एकचित्तः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक + चित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण of 'यः'

• जितेन्द्रियः: one who has conquered the senses
• जितेन्द्रियः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जित (√जि धातु, क्त-प्रत्ययान्त) + इन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); उपपद-तत्पुरुष (object-relation: 'इन्द्रियाणि जितानि यस्य')

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (context: Purāṇic narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kumāreśvara tīrtha (established on Narmadā-taṭa)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Narādhipa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tranquil Narmadā riverbank with a newly established tīrtha; a restrained pilgrim stands in meditation (ekacitta), senses withdrawn (jitendriya), approaching the shrine with folded hands.

Characters & Entities

• Narmadā (Revā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage bears fruit when joined with inner discipline—single-mindedness and restraint of the senses.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha situated on the Narmadā’s bank within the Revā Khaṇḍa sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The required disposition for tīrtha-visit is stated: ekacitta (focused mind) and jitendriya (sense-control).