Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

जामदग्न्येन रामेण तत्र देवः प्रतिष्ठितः । यत्र देवाः सगन्धर्वा मुनयः सिद्धचारणाः

Transliteration

jāmadagnyena rāmeṇa tatra devaḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ | yatra devāḥ sagandharvā munayaḥ siddhacāraṇāḥ

Translation

Là, la divinité fut établie par Rāma Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma), en ce lieu où sont présents les dieux avec les Gandharvas, les munis, ainsi que les Siddhas et les Cāraṇas.

Word by Word

• jāmadagnyena: by Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma)
• jāmadagnyena: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāmadagnya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; patronymic ‘son of Jamadagni’

• rāmeṇa: by Rāma
• rāmeṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of place)

• devaḥ: the deity
• devaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन

• pratiṣṭhitaḥ: is established
• pratiṣṭhitaḥ: Kriya (Predicative action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prati-√sthā (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; past passive participle functioning as finite predicate (‘is established’)

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (relative adverb of place)

• devāḥ: gods
• devāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), बहुवचन

• sa: with
• sa: Sambandha (Associative marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sa (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (prefix-like particle meaning ‘with’) used in compound formation

• gandharvāḥ: Gandharvas
• gandharvāḥ: Karta (Co-subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gandharva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• munayaḥ: sages
• munayaḥ: Karta (Co-subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• siddha: Siddhas
• siddha: Samasa-anga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (compound member)

• cāraṇāḥ: Cāraṇas
• cāraṇāḥ: Karta (Co-subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; Revā Khaṇḍa narration—traditionally Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa conveying the Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sāgara-paryanta Mahātīrtha (Paraśurāma-pratiṣṭhita)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Paraśurāma, axe-bearing Bhārgava, performs deity installation near the shore; devas and gandharvas hover in the sky with garlands and instruments while sages stand in attendance.

Characters & Entities

• Paraśurāma (Rāma Jāmadagnya)
• Deva (installed deity)
• Gandharvas
• Munis
• Siddhas
• Cāraṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha becomes supremely potent when sanctified by consecration and continuously ‘inhabited’ by divine and saintly presences.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A consecrated tīrtha associated with Paraśurāma and the Jamadagni tradition, within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s pilgrimage landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It alludes to pratiṣṭhā (installation/consecration) of a deity, establishing the site’s sanctity.