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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

श्रीमार्कण्डेय उवाच । तस्यैवानन्तरं पार्थ पुष्कलीतीर्थमुत्तमम् । तत्र तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा ह्यश्वमेधफलं लभेत्

Transliteration

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca | tasyaivānantaraṃ pārtha puṣkalītīrthamuttamam | tatra tīrthe naraḥ snātvā hyaśvamedhaphalaṃ labhet

Translation

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya dit : Juste après cela, ô Pārtha, se trouve l'excellent Puṣkalī Tīrtha. L'homme qui se baigne dans ce gué sacré obtient en vérité le fruit du sacrifice de l'Aśvamedha.

Word by Word
श्रीमार्कण्डेयःthe venerable Mārkaṇḍeya
श्रीमार्कण्डेयः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootश्री-मार्कण्डेय (प्रातिपदिक; श्री + मार्कण्डेय)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद
तस्यof that (place/it)
तस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)
एवindeed/just
एव:
Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle/emphasis)
अनन्तरम्immediately after
अनन्तरम्:
Adhikarana (Temporal locus/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formक्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)
पार्थO Pārtha (Arjuna)
पार्थ:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootपार्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)
पुष्कलीतीर्थम्the Puṣkalī sacred ford
पुष्कलीतीर्थम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपुष्कली-तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; पुष्कली + तीर्थ)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
उत्तमम्excellent
उत्तमम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootउत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifier) of 'पुष्कलीतीर्थम्'
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)
तीर्थेin the sacred ford
तीर्थे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)
नरःa man/person
नरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
स्नात्वाhaving bathed
स्नात्वा:
Kriya (Auxiliary action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootस्ना (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल (prior action)
हिindeed
हि:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle; emphasis/causal nuance)
अश्वमेधफलम्the fruit of the Aśvamedha sacrifice
अश्वमेधफलम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअश्वमेध-फल (प्रातिपदिक; अश्वमेध + फल)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
लभेत्would obtain
लभेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootलभ् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद
Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Puṣkalī-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (O) Pārtha / Yudhiṣṭhira (context of Pāṇḍava inquiry)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mārkaṇḍeya instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on a riverbank; pilgrims descend stone steps to a calm ford; a small shrine and sacred trees nearby; the river glints like molten silver.

Characters & Entities
M
Mārkaṇḍeya
P
Pārtha
P
Puṣkalī Tīrtha
A
Aśvamedha

FAQs

A tīrtha concentrates spiritual merit: simple snāna performed with faith can yield results equated with grand Vedic sacrifices.

Puṣkalī Tīrtha, praised as an excellent sacred bathing place in the Revā Khaṇḍa.

Snāna (ritual bathing) at Puṣkalī Tīrtha, yielding Aśvamedha-equivalent merit.

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