Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

समागतोस्मि तीर्थेऽस्मिन्नागस्त्ये मुनिसत्तम । स्वनयस्य सुतोद्वाहसिद्ध्यर्थं गुरुचोदितः

Transliteration

samāgatosmi tīrthe'sminnāgastye munisattama | svanayasya sutodvāhasiddhyarthaṃ gurucoditaḥ

Translation

„O Bester der Weisen, ich bin zu dieser heiligen Furt des Agastya gekommen, von meinem Lehrer angetrieben, um das Mittel zu vollbringen, die Vermählung von Svānayas Sohn zu ermöglichen.“

Word by Word

• samāgataḥ: arrived
• samāgataḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-gam (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• asmi: am
• asmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन

• tīrthe: at the sacred ford/place
• tīrthe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• asmin: in this
• asmin: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• āgastye: O Agastya
• āgastye: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āgastya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• muni-sattama: O best of sages
• muni-sattama: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (मुनीनां सत्तमः), पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• sva-nayasya: of my own conduct/plan
• sva-nayasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + naya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (स्वस्य नयः), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• suta-udvāha-siddhi-artham: for the accomplishment of (my) son's marriage
• suta-udvāha-siddhi-artham: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suta (प्रातिपदिक) + udvāha (प्रातिपदिक) + siddhi (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास (सुतस्य उद्वाहस्य सिद्ध्यर्थम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थे (purpose)

• guru-coditaḥ: urged/commanded by the teacher
• guru-coditaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: guru (प्रातिपदिक) + codita (प्रातिपदिक; √cud + kta)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (गुरुणा चोदितः), क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Kakṣīvān (within Sūta’s narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Agastya-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kakṣīvān’s father (within story) / sages (frame audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kakṣīvān arrives at a river-ford sanctified by Agastya; a simple āśrama shrine or Agastya’s presence is suggested; he declares his purpose—securing means for a marriage—under his guru’s instruction.

Characters & Entities

• Agastya-tīrtha
• Svānaya
• guru (Udaṅka implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly duties like marriage are also dharma, and they are best pursued with guru-guidance and through the sanctifying power of tīrthas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Āgastya-tīrtha (Agastya’s sacred bathing place/ford) is explicitly named.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse implies vivāha-siddhi through tīrtha-associated endeavor, but does not specify a particular snāna/dāna/japa.