Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तत्र देवाः सगन्धर्वा ऋषयो ये तथामलाः । कोटितीर्थे परां सिद्धिं सम्प्राप्ता भुवि दुर्लभाम्

Transliteration

tatra devāḥ sagandharvā ṛṣayo ye tathāmalāḥ | koṭitīrthe parāṃ siddhiṃ samprāptā bhuvi durlabhām

Translation

Allí, los dioses junto con los Gandharvas, y los ṛṣis igualmente inmaculados, alcanzaron en Koṭitīrtha la suprema perfección, difícil de obtener en el mundo.

Word by Word

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

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सगन्धर्वाः: together with Gandharvas
• सगन्धर्वाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स-गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); 'गन्धर्वैः सह' इत्यर्थे

• ऋषयः: sages
• ऋषयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb: 'thus/also')

• अमलाः: pure, stainless
• अमलाः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण of देवाः/ऋषयः

• कोटितीर्थे: at Koṭitīrtha
• कोटितीर्थे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि-तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• पराम्: supreme
• पराम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण of सिद्धिम्

• सिद्धिम्: attainment, perfection
• सिद्धिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• सम्प्राप्ताः: having attained
• सम्प्राप्ताः: Kriyā (Resultative predicate/कृदन्त-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय भूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; देवाः/ऋषयः इत्यस्य विशेषण; कर्मणि/कर्तरि प्रयोगानुसार 'having attained'

• भुवि: on earth
• भुवि: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (प्रातिपदिक: भुव्/भुवि-शब्द)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• दुर्लभाम्: rare, hard to obtain
• दुर्लभाम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्लभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण of सिद्धिम्

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (continued)

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Gandharvas
• Rishis
• Koṭitīrtha
• Siddhi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Association with a great tīrtha purifies even exalted beings and grants rare siddhi—thereby encouraging human pilgrimage and practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Koṭitīrtha/Koṭīśvara tīrtha on the Narmadā, as introduced in this adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the verse highlights the attained siddhi as the site’s hallmark fruit.