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
Desde entonces, aquel tīrtha llegó a establecerse en la ribera del Narmadā. Quien vaya a ese tīrtha, con mente unificada y los sentidos dominados…
Word by Word
तदाthen
तदा:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)
प्रभृतिfrom (that time) onward
प्रभृति:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रभृति (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; आरम्भवाचक (from... onwards)
तत्that
तत्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण of 'तीर्थम्'
तीर्थम्sacred ford; pilgrimage place
तीर्थम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)
संजातम्came into being; arose
संजातम्:
Kriya (Predicate state)
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + जन् (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; 'तीर्थम्' इत्यस्य विधेय
नर्मदातटेon the bank of the Narmadā
नर्मदातटे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootनर्मदा + तट (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)
तीर्थेat the sacred place
तीर्थे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)
तुindeed; and
तु:
Sambandha (Discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (particle)
यःwho (he who)
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)
गत्वाhaving gone
गत्वा:
Purvakala-Kriya (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (prior action)
एकचित्तःsingle-minded
एकचित्तः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootएक + चित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण of 'यः'
जितेन्द्रियःone who has conquered the senses
जितेन्द्रियः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootजित (√जि धातु, क्त-प्रत्ययान्त) + इन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); उपपद-तत्पुरुष (object-relation: 'इन्द्रियाणि जितानि यस्य')
Speaker
Unspecified in snippet (context: Purāṇic narrator)
Characters & Entities
N
Narmadā (Revā)FAQs
Pilgrimage bears fruit when joined with inner discipline—single-mindedness and restraint of the senses.
A tīrtha situated on the Narmadā’s bank within the Revā Khaṇḍa sacred geography.
The required disposition for tīrtha-visit is stated: ekacitta (focused mind) and jitendriya (sense-control).