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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10

चित्रसेन उवाच । यदि तुष्टास्त्रयो देवा ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेश्वराः । अद्यप्रभृति युष्माभिः स्थातव्यमिह सर्वदा

citrasena uvāca | yadi tuṣṭāstrayo devā brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ | adyaprabhṛti yuṣmābhiḥ sthātavyamiha sarvadā

Citrasena dit : «Si les trois dieux—Brahmā, Viṣṇu et Maheśvara—sont réellement satisfaits, alors, dès ce jour, vous devez demeurer ici à jamais.»

चित्रसेनःCitrasena
चित्रसेनः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootचित्रसेन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन
यदिif
यदि:
Sambandha (Condition marker/शर्त)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; शर्तवाचक (conditional particle)
तुष्टाःpleased
तुष्टाः:
Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतुष् (धातु) + तुष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
त्रयःthree
त्रयः:
Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootत्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक-विशेषण
देवाःgods
देवाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेश्वराःBrahmā, Viṣṇu, and Maheśvara
ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेश्वराः:
Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मा + विष्णु + महेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (copulative)
अद्यtoday
अद्य:
Kriya-viseshana (Temporal/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक (time adverb)
प्रभृतिfrom (now) onward
प्रभृति:
Kriya-viseshana (Temporal/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रभृति (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; आरम्भवाचक (from, beginning with)
युष्माभिःby you (all)
युष्माभिः:
Kartr-karana (Agent/means in passive/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formमध्यम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन
स्थातव्यम्must stay / should remain
स्थातव्यम्:
Kriya (Obligation/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (धातु) + तव्यत् (कृदन्त)
Formतव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive/obligatory), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि-भावे ‘must be stayed’
इहhere
इह:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक (place adverb)
सर्वदाalways
सर्वदा:
Kriya-viseshana (Frequency/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसर्वदा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; नित्यत्ववाचक (always)

Citrasena

Tirtha: Śūlabheda (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Listener: Tridevas

Scene: Citrasena, resolute and humble, petitions the Tridevas to dwell there forever; the landscape shows a marked sacred spot (śūla/triśūla sign, riverbank, emerging shrine).

C
Citrasena
B
Brahmā
V
Viṣṇu
M
Maheśvara (Śiva)

FAQs

When the Divine is pleased, devotees seek to establish enduring sacred presence, turning a place into a perpetual tīrtha.

Śūlabheda-tīrtha, associated with the Revā (Narmadā) region in the Revā Khaṇḍa.

No explicit ritual is stated here; the request is for the deities’ continual residence, which implies ongoing worship and tīrtha-maintenance.