Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मणा तत्र तीर्थे तु पुरा वर्षशतत्रयम् । आराधनं कृतं शम्भोः कस्मिंश्चित्कारणान्तरे

Transliteration

brahmaṇā tatra tīrthe tu purā varṣaśatatrayam | ārādhanaṃ kṛtaṃ śambhoḥ kasmiṃścitkāraṇāntare

Translation

Là, en ce tīrtha, jadis, Brahmā accomplit l’adoration de Śambhu durant trois cents ans, pour une certaine raison.

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मणा: by Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणा: Kartr (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• तीर्थे: at the tīrtha
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तु: indeed, but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• वर्षशतत्रयम्: three hundred years
• वर्षशतत्रयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + शत (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (त्रयाणि शतानि वर्षाणि) कालपरिमाणवाचक

• आराधनम्: worship, propitiation
• आराधनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आराधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• कृतम्: done, performed
• कृतम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे विधेय-विशेषणम् (आराधनम्)

• शम्भोः: of Śambhu (Śiva)
• शम्भोः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• कस्मिंश्चित्: in some
• कस्मिंश्चित्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + चित् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थक-सर्वनाम (indefinite pronoun)

• कारणान्तरे: in another circumstance/reason
• कारणान्तरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषः/कर्मधारयार्थः (अन्यस्मिन् कारणे)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhṛgu-tīrtha / Paitāmaha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā, four-faced, seated in deep worship of Śambhu beside the river for an immense span; a liṅga or Śiva presence is implied, with ascetic atmosphere and cosmic time passing.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Śambhu (Śiva)
• tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the highest deities honor Śiva through sustained worship; a tīrtha becomes eminent through such divine tapas and devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same tīrtha just introduced—Bhṛgu-tīrtha/Paitāmaha—where Brahmā is said to have worshiped Śiva.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ārādhana (propitiatory worship) of Śambhu is exemplified as the key practice associated with the site.