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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

श्रीमार्कण्डेय उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महाराज सांवौरं तीर्थमुत्तमम् । यत्र संनिहितो भानुः पूज्यमानः सुरासुरैः

Transliteration

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca | tato gacchenmahārāja sāṃvauraṃ tīrthamuttamam | yatra saṃnihito bhānuḥ pūjyamānaḥ surāsuraiḥ

Translation

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya dit : «Ensuite, ô grand Roi, qu’on se rende au Tīrtha excellent de Sāṃvaura, où Bhānu, le Soleil, demeure en présence manifeste, vénéré également par les devas et les asuras».

Word by Word
श्रीमार्कण्डेयःthe venerable Mārkaṇḍeya
श्रीमार्कण्डेयः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootश्री + मार्कण्डेय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद
ततःthen/thereafter
ततः:
Adhikarana/Temporal (कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) — ‘thereafter/from there’
गच्छेत्should go
गच्छेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद
महाराजO great king
महाराज:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootमहा + राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)
सांवौरम्Sāṃvaura (named)
सांवौरम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootसांवौर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifier)
तीर्थम्pilgrimage place
तीर्थम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
उत्तमम्excellent/supreme
उत्तमम्:
Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootउत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifier)
यत्रwhere
यत्र:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; सम्बन्धबोधक-क्रियाविशेषण (relative adverb) — ‘where’
संनिहितःpresent/nearby
संनिहितः:
Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective)
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-नि-धा (धातु) → संनिहित (कृदन्त/क्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
भानुःthe Sun
भानुः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootभानु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
पूज्यमानःbeing worshipped
पूज्यमानः:
Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective)
TypeAdjective
Rootपूज् (धातु) → पूज्यमान (कृदन्त/शानच्)
Formवर्तमानकाले कर्मणि-प्रयोगे शानच् (present passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
सुरासुरैःby gods and demons
सुरासुरैः:
Karana (Instrument/Agent-in-passive)
TypeNoun
Rootसुर + असुर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)
Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sāṃvaura Tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahārāja (king; name not given in the excerpt)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mārkaṇḍeya instructs a king to proceed to Sāṃvaura Tīrtha; on the Narmadā bank a radiant Sūrya presence is worshipped by devas and asuras gathered together in awe.

Characters & Entities
M
Mārkaṇḍeya
B
Bhānu (Sūrya)
D
Devas
A
Asuras
S
Sāṃvaura Tīrtha

FAQs

Pilgrimage is framed as approaching a living divine presence—here, Sūrya—whose worship is universally revered.

Sāṃvaura Tīrtha (in the Revā Khaṇḍa, Āvantya Khaṇḍa of the Skanda Purāṇa).

The instruction is tīrtha-yātrā (to go to Sāṃvaura Tīrtha) and the implied worship of Bhānu/Sūrya there.

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