Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

अहं च परमं स्थानं ततः प्रभृति संश्रितः । अत्र प्रणवरूपो वै स्थाने तिष्ठत्युमापतिः

Transliteration

ahaṃ ca paramaṃ sthānaṃ tataḥ prabhṛti saṃśritaḥ | atra praṇavarūpo vai sthāne tiṣṭhatyumāpatiḥ

Translation

Et moi aussi, depuis lors, je me suis réfugié en cette demeure suprême. Ici même, en ce lieu, Umāpati (Śiva) demeure établi sous la forme du Praṇava sacré, Oṃ.

Word by Word

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• स्थानम्: place, abode
• स्थानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• ततः: from there; thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Adverbial/अव्यय-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverbial ablative) ‘ततः’ = तस्मात्/ततः; ‘from there/thereafter’

• प्रभृति: since, from (that time)
• प्रभृति: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रभृति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (postposition/adverb) ‘since, from (a time)’

• संश्रितः: having resorted to; dwelling
• संश्रितः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-उपसर्ग + √श्रि (श्रयणे) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• प्रणवरूपः: having the form of Praṇava (Oṃ)
• प्रणवरूपः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रणव (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (प्रणवस्य रूपः)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• स्थाने: in the place
• स्थाने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन

• तिष्ठति: stands, abides
• तिष्ठति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (तिष्ठति; स्थाने)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• उमापतिः: Umāpati (Śiva)
• उमापतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उमा (प्रातिपदिक) + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (उमायाः पतिः)

Speaker

Vāyu (deduced from the continuing passage where Vāyu narrates the tīrtha-count)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Amarakanṭaka (Praṇava-sthāna within)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sanctum-like natural spot on the mountain: a luminous Oṃ symbol emerging from a liṅga-like stone or from space itself; a narrator-figure in reverent posture; the atmosphere is still and mantra-filled.

Characters & Entities

• Umāpati
• Praṇava (Oṃ)
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The supreme holiness of the site is affirmed by Śiva’s abiding presence there as Praṇava (Oṃ), making devotion and remembrance especially potent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A supreme sacred spot within the Revā (Narmadā) region in the Revā Khaṇḍa, where Śiva is said to be established as Praṇava.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated here; the verse implies the efficacy of Praṇava-japa (Oṃ recitation) and Śiva-smaraṇa at the site.