Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

तेनतेनाभिधानेन गीयन्ते सर्वदा जनैः । यत्र भूमिं विनिर्भिद्य यमुना निर्गता तदा

Transliteration

tenatenābhidhānena gīyante sarvadā janaiḥ | yatra bhūmiṃ vinirbhidya yamunā nirgatā tadā

Translation

Unter eben diesen Namen werden sie von den Menschen stets besungen. Wo Yamunā die Erde durchbrach und damals hervortrat—dort wahrlich…

Word by Word

• तेन: by that
• तेन: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (n./m.), तृतीया (Instrumental, 3rd), एकवचन (singular); सर्वनाम

• तेन: by that (respective)
• तेन: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (n./m.), तृतीया (Instrumental, 3rd), एकवचन (singular); सर्वनाम (पुनरुक्ति: ‘तेन तेन’ = ‘by this and that/various’)

• अभिधानेन: by the name/appellation
• अभिधानेन: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), तृतीया (Instrumental, 3rd), एकवचन (singular)

• गीयन्ते: are sung/celebrated
• गीयन्ते: Kriyā (Verb/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गै (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural); कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive), आत्मनेपद

• सर्वदा: always
• सर्वदा: Kāla (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

• जनैः: by people
• जनैः: Karta (Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), तृतीया (Instrumental, 3rd), बहुवचन (plural)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्धबोधक/देशवाचक (relative locative adverb: where)

• भूमिम्: the earth/ground
• भूमिम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), द्वितीया (Accusative, 2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• विनिर्भिद्य: having pierced/split
• विनिर्भिद्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-निर्भिद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive); धातु: भिद् (to split) उपसर्ग: वि-, निर्-; अव्ययभाव (having split)

• यमुना: Yamunā (river)
• यमुना: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यमुना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन (singular)

• निर्गता: came out; emerged
• निर्गता: Kriyā (Predicative participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्-गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन (singular); उपसर्ग: निर्-

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (then)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Yamunā-tīrtha (within tri-tīrtha)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A fissure in the earth opens; Yamunā rises as a luminous river-stream, while pilgrims sing the tīrtha’s name in reverent chorus.

Characters & Entities

• Yamunā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kīrtana and remembrance preserve tīrtha glory; sacred names carry sanctifying power across generations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The spot where Yamunā emerges after splitting the earth—identified as Yamunā-tīrtha in the next verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied practice of praising/reciting the tīrtha’s name and glory (nāma-kīrtana).