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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

श्रीमार्कण्डेय उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महाराज सोमतीर्थमनुत्तमम् । यत्र सोमस्तपस्तप्त्वा नक्षत्रपथमास्थितः

Transliteration

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca | tato gacchenmahārāja somatīrthamanuttamam | yatra somastapastaptvā nakṣatrapathamāsthitaḥ

Translation

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya dit : «Ensuite, ô grand roi, qu’on se rende au Somatīrtha sans égal, où Soma (la Lune), après avoir accompli des austérités, obtint sa voie parmi les constellations».

Word by Word
श्रीमार्कण्डेयःthe venerable Mārkaṇḍeya
श्रीमार्कण्डेयः:
Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootश्री-मार्कण्डेय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular) — कर्मधारय: श्रीमान् मार्कण्डेयः
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Speech act/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद (parasmaipada)
ततःthen/thereafter
ततः:
Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb) — अनन्तरार्थ (thereafter)
गच्छेत्should go
गच्छेत्:
Kriya (Injunction/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद
महाराजO great king
महाराज:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootमहा-राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सम्बोधन विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (singular) — कर्मधारय: महान् राजा
सोमतीर्थम्to the Soma-tīrtha
सोमतीर्थम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसोम-तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular) — तत्पुरुष: सोमस्य तीर्थम्
अनुत्तमम्unsurpassed
अनुत्तमम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअनुत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular) — विशेषण (qualifying somatīrtham)
यत्रwhere
यत्र:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (सम्बन्धबोधक/relative adverb) — देशवाचक (where)
सोमःSoma (the Moon-god)
सोमः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)
तपःausterity
तपः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)
तप्त्वाhaving practiced (it)
तप्त्वा:
Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootतप् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव — 'having performed austerity'
नक्षत्रपथम्the path of the stars (lunar mansion track)
नक्षत्रपथम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootनक्षत्र-पथ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular) — तत्पुरुष: नक्षत्राणां पथः
आस्थितःhas attained/occupied
आस्थितः:
Kriya (State/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootआ-स्था (धातु)
Formक्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन — कर्तरि प्रयोग (active sense): 'having taken/attained'
Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somatīrtha

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahārāja (king; addressed as ‘mahārāja’/‘bhārata’ in the sequence)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mārkaṇḍeya instructs a king on pilgrimage; in the background, a moon-deity (Soma) performs austerities by the river, then rises into a starry sky aligning with the nakṣatra path.

Characters & Entities
M
Mārkaṇḍeya
S
Soma (Candra)
S
Somatīrtha
N
Nakṣatras

FAQs

Sacred places become powerful through divine austerity; pilgrimage to such tīrthas connects the devotee to that same elevating merit.

Somatīrtha, a revered tīrtha described in the Revākhaṇḍa of the Āvantya Khaṇḍa (associated with the Revā/Narmadā sacred landscape).

This verse primarily prescribes going (gacchet) to Somatīrtha; subsequent verses detail snāna, japa, and dāna there.

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