Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

तथैव रुक्मिणीतीर्थं शिवतीर्थमनुत्तमम् । जयवाराहर्तीर्थं च तीर्थमस्माहकाह्वयम्

Transliteration

tathaiva rukmiṇītīrthaṃ śivatīrthamanuttamam | jayavārāhartīrthaṃ ca tīrthamasmāhakāhvayam

Translation

De même, il y a le tīrtha de Rukmiṇī et l’incomparable tīrtha de Śiva ; il y a aussi le tīrtha de Jaya-Vārāha et le tīrtha nommé Asmāhaka.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Sambandha (connective/sequence marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle, emphasis)

• रुक्मिणीतीर्थम्: the Rukmiṇī ford/holy place
• रुक्मिणीतीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुक्मिणी (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (कर्म) एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (रुक्मिण्याः तीर्थम्)

• शिवतीर्थम्: the Śiva ford
• शिवतीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (शिवस्य तीर्थम्)

• अनुत्तमम्: unsurpassed/excellent
• अनुत्तमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन; विशेषणम् (superlative sense: unsurpassed)

• जयवाराहर्तीर्थम्: the Jaya-Vārāha ford
• जयवाराहर्तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जय (प्रातिपदिक) + वाराह (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन; समासः (निर्धारण-तत्पुरुषः/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: जय-वाराहस्य तीर्थम्)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• तीर्थम्: a ford/holy place
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन

• अस्माहकाह्वयम्: called ‘Asmāhaka’/bearing our name
• अस्माहकाह्वयम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अस्माहक (प्रातिपदिक) + आह्वय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अस्माहकस्य आह्वयः = our name/called by us); विशेषणम् (तīर्थम् इति)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced; not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rukmiṇī-tīrtha; Śiva-tīrtha; Jaya-Vārāha-tīrtha; Asmāhaka-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-party on the Narmadā bank, pointing to successive shrines: a Rukmiṇī-associated spot, a Śiva-tīrtha, a Varāha-emblem shrine, and a local ford called Asmāhaka; river flowing with steps/ghāṭa and small liṅga/Varāha icons.

Characters & Entities

• Rukmiṇī-tīrtha
• Śiva-tīrtha
• Jaya-Vārāha-tīrtha
• Varāha
• Asmāhaka-tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text celebrates multiple forms of the Divine—Śiva and Varāha/Vaiṣṇava—through distinct tīrthas, encouraging broad-based devotion through pilgrimage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rukmiṇī-tīrtha, Śiva-tīrtha, Jaya-Vārāha-tīrtha, and Asmāhaka-tīrtha are named.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; the verse is a tīrtha-catalog entry implying visit, worship, and customary tīrtha practices.