Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

श्रीमार्कण्डेय उवाच । तस्यैवानन्तरं चान्यत्सिद्धेश्वरमनुत्तमम् । तीर्थं सर्वगुणोपेतं सर्वलोकेषु पूजितम्

Transliteration

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca | tasyaivānantaraṃ cānyatsiddheśvaramanuttamam | tīrthaṃ sarvaguṇopetaṃ sarvalokeṣu pūjitam

Translation

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya dit : Aussitôt après cela se trouve un autre lieu sans égal, Siddheśvara, un tīrtha pourvu de toutes les vertus, honoré dans tous les mondes.

Word by Word

• श्रीमार्कण्डेयः: the venerable Mārkaṇḍeya
• श्रीमार्कण्डेयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री-मार्कण्डेय (प्रातिपदिक; श्री + मार्कण्डेय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणपूर्वपद ‘श्री’ (honorific)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तस्य: of that (place/thing)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Avyaya (Particle/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphatic)

• अनन्तरम्: immediately after
• अनन्तरम्: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावार्थे अव्ययप्रयोग (adverbial accusative)

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (Conjunction/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• अन्यत्: another
• अन्यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘तीर्थम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• सिद्धेश्वरम्: (named) Siddheśvara
• सिद्धेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; सिद्ध + ईश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘तीर्थम्’ इत्यस्य नामरूपेण विशेषण

• अनुत्तमम्: unsurpassed
• अनुत्तमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘तीर्थम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• तीर्थम्: a sacred ford/pilgrimage place
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• सर्वगुणोपेतम्: endowed with all virtues
• सर्वगुणोपेतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-गुण-उपेत (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + गुण + उपेत)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘उपेत’ = क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle) from √इ (इण्) with उप-; ‘तीर्थम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• सर्वलोकेषु: in all worlds
• सर्वलोकेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-लोक (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + लोक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• पूजितम्: worshipped
• पूजितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Siddheśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rishi Mārkaṇḍeya speaking to listeners, gesturing toward a sacred ford/temple precinct labeled ‘Siddheśvara’; pilgrims approach with water-pots and offerings; the riverbank and liṅga-shrine suggested in the distance.

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Siddheśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa frames tīrthas as graded stations of grace—each celebrated as a world-revered locus for spiritual accomplishment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Siddheśvara tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is stated here; the verse introduces Siddheśvara and its universal reverence.