Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

इदं स्थानं महाभाग त्वन्नाम्ना ख्यातिमेष्यति

Transliteration

idaṃ sthānaṃ mahābhāga tvannāmnā khyātimeṣyati

Translation

O Glücklicher, dieser heilige Ort wird durch deinen Namen berühmt werden.

Word by Word

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; विशेषणरूपेण

• स्थानम्: place
• स्थानम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• महाभाग: O fortunate one
• महाभाग: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; महा + भाग (विशेषणपूर्वक संज्ञा)

• त्वत्-नाम्ना: by your name
• त्वत्-नाम्ना: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (त्वत्-नाम = तव नाम)

• ख्यातिम्: fame, renown
• ख्यातिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: khyāti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• एष्यति: will attain, will come to
• एष्यति: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: i (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Śrībhagavān (implied, continuing the narrative before Agastya’s explicit marker)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Unnamed micro-tīrtha to be known by the devotee’s name (per verse)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Viṣṇuśarmā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Lord prophesies that the sacred spot will become renowned by the devotee’s name, marking the birth of a named tīrtha within Ayodhyā.

Characters & Entities

• Ayodhyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places become living memorials of devotion; the saint’s name and the tīrtha’s power mutually glorify each other.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A sacred spot in Ayodhyā that will be known by the devotee’s name (contextually leading to the later tīrtha narrative).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly in this verse; it establishes the future fame and naming of the place.