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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थे तु यः स्नात्वा वीक्षेत्कलकलेश्वरम् । वाजपेयात्परं पुण्यं स लभेन्मानवो भुवि

Transliteration

tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā vīkṣetkalakaleśvaram | vājapeyātparaṃ puṇyaṃ sa labhenmānavo bhuvi

Translation

Quiconque se baigne en ce tīrtha puis contemple Kalkaleśvara obtient, en ce monde même, un mérite surpassant celui du sacrifice du Vājapeya.

Word by Word
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)
तीर्थेat the sacred ford
तीर्थे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Locative, Singular)
तुindeed / but
तु:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण/विरोध-अव्यय (particle)
यःwho (he who)
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
स्नात्वाhaving bathed
स्नात्वा:
Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootस्ना (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)
वीक्षेत्should behold
वीक्षेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवीक्ष् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (Optative, 3rd person singular)
कल्कलेश्वरम्Kalkaleśvara (Lord named Kalkala)
कल्कलेश्वरम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकल्कल + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष (कल्कलस्य ईश्वरः), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)
वाजपेयात्than the Vājapeya (sacrifice)
वाजपेयात्:
Apadana (Comparison-source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootवाजपेय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Ablative, Singular)
परम्greater
परम्:
Karma (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)
पुण्यम्merit
पुण्यम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
लभेत्would obtain
लभेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootलभ् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद (Optative, 3rd person singular, Ātmanepada)
मानवःa man
मानवः:
Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootमानव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
भुविon earth
भुवि:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootभू (प्रातिपदिक: भुव्/भू)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Locative, Singular)
Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice; likely Mārkaṇḍeya continuing the Revā-khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kalkaleśvara-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim bathes at the river tīrtha, then approaches the Kalkaleśvara liṅga for darśana; the scene subtly contrasts simple devotion with the grandeur of a Vājapeya sacrifice in the background as a symbolic comparison.

Characters & Entities
K
Kalkaleśvara
T
Tīrtha
V
Vājapeya

FAQs

Pilgrimage performed with purity—snāna and darśana—can yield spiritual merit greater than grand Vedic sacrifices.

The tīrtha of Kalkaleśvara in the Revā (Narmadā) region.

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha followed by darśana (beholding) of Kalkaleśvara.

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