Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

तीर्थमत्र विधानेन प्रख्यातं वसुधातले । एवं भवतु योगिन्य इत्युक्त्वान्तरधाच्छिवः

Transliteration

tīrthamatra vidhānena prakhyātaṃ vasudhātale | evaṃ bhavatu yoginya ityuktvāntaradhācchivaḥ

Translation

« Que ce tīrtha, par l’ordonnance rituelle convenable, devienne illustre sur la terre. » Ayant dit : « Qu’il en soit ainsi, ô Yoginīs », Śiva disparut aux regards.

Word by Word

• तीर्थम्: a sacred ford/place
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम् (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचनम् (singular)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (locative adverb)

• विधानेन: by the prescribed procedure
• विधानेन: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम् (neuter), तृतीया (Instrumental/करण), एकवचनम् (singular)

• प्रख्यातम्: renowned/declared famous
• प्रख्यातम्: Kriya-visheshana (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-ख्यात (कृदन्त; ख्या धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्तः (past participle), नपुंसकलिङ्गम् (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; कर्मणि प्रयोगः (passive sense)

• वसुधातले: on the surface of the earth
• वसुधातले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुधा (प्रातिपदिक) + तल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम् (neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचनम् (singular)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb of manner)

• भवतु: let it be
• भवतु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम् (singular)

• योगिन्यः: O yoginīs
• योगिन्यः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गम् (feminine), सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), बहुवचनम् (plural)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्तिसूचक-अव्ययम् (quotative particle)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययम् (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिकक्रिया (prior action)

• अन्तरधात्: disappeared
• अन्तरधात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अन्तर्-धा (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम् (singular)

• शिवः: Śiva
• शिवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम् (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचनम् (singular)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (narrating); internal quoted speech: Śiva addressing the Yoginīs

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yoginīs

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva pronounces the establishment of a tīrtha’s renown, addresses Yoginīs with ‘evam bhavatu,’ then vanishes (antaradhāna), leaving a charged sacred emptiness.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrtha
• Yoginīs
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s greatness is established by divine ordinance and becomes a lasting beacon of dharma on earth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mātṛtīrtha (the context tīrtha of Adhyāya 66), made renowned by Śiva’s declaration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse implies “vidhāna” (proper ordinance) as the basis for the tīrtha’s fame, though specific rites are not detailed here.