Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

कृष्णपक्षे चतुर्दश्यां मासि भाद्रपदे नृप । तीर्थकोटीः समाहूय मुनिभिः स्थापितः शिवः

Transliteration

kṛṣṇapakṣe caturdaśyāṃ māsi bhādrapade nṛpa | tīrthakoṭīḥ samāhūya munibhiḥ sthāpitaḥ śivaḥ

Translation

Ô Roi, au quatorzième jour lunaire (caturdaśī) de la quinzaine sombre du mois de Bhādrapada, les sages invoquèrent des crores de tīrtha et y établirent le Seigneur Śiva.

Word by Word

• कृष्णपक्षे: in the dark fortnight
• कृष्णपक्षे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारयः (कृष्णः पक्षः)

• चतुर्दश्याम्: on the fourteenth lunar day
• चतुर्दश्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• भाद्रपदे: (of) Bhādrapada
• भाद्रपदे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाद्रपद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तीर्थकोटीः: crores of tīrthas (holy places)
• तीर्थकोटीः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (तीर्थाणां कोटयः)

• समाहूय: having summoned
• समाहूय: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-ह्वा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having summoned/called together’

• मुनिभिः: by sages
• मुनिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• स्थापितः: was established
• स्थापितः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: कर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शिवः: Śiva
• शिवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Revā-khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Koṭitīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On Bhādrapada dark-fortnight caturdaśī, sages perform a grand invocation where innumerable tīrthas are symbolically summoned; a Śiva-liṅga is installed amid lamps, kalashas, and river offerings under a night sky.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• muni (sages)
• Bhādrapada
• Kṛṣṇapakṣa
• Caturdaśī
• tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Auspicious times and sacred places amplify devotion; establishing Śiva at a tīrtha concentrates merit and sanctity for seekers.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Revā-khaṇḍa tīrtha in the Narmadā/Revā sacred landscape where Śiva is said to be established by sages (the verse emphasizes the tīrtha-complex rather than naming one in this line).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observance of Bhādrapada kṛṣṇapakṣa caturdaśī and honoring a Śiva-sthāpita tīrtha; the implied practice is pilgrimage and worship at that sanctified ford.