Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

समागतोस्मि तीर्थेऽस्मिन्नागस्त्ये मुनिसत्तम । स्वनयस्य सुतोद्वाहसिद्ध्यर्थं गुरुचोदितः

Transliteration

samāgatosmi tīrthe'sminnāgastye munisattama | svanayasya sutodvāhasiddhyarthaṃ gurucoditaḥ

Translation

«Ô le meilleur des sages, je suis venu à ce gué sacré d’Agastya, poussé par mon maître, afin d’accomplir le moyen d’assurer le mariage du fils de Svānaya».

Word by Word

• samāgataḥ: arrived
• samāgataḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-gam (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• asmi: am
• asmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन

• tīrthe: at the sacred ford/place
• tīrthe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• asmin: in this
• asmin: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• āgastye: O Agastya
• āgastye: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āgastya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• muni-sattama: O best of sages
• muni-sattama: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (मुनीनां सत्तमः), पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• sva-nayasya: of my own conduct/plan
• sva-nayasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + naya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (स्वस्य नयः), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• suta-udvāha-siddhi-artham: for the accomplishment of (my) son's marriage
• suta-udvāha-siddhi-artham: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suta (प्रातिपदिक) + udvāha (प्रातिपदिक) + siddhi (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास (सुतस्य उद्वाहस्य सिद्ध्यर्थम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थे (purpose)

• guru-coditaḥ: urged/commanded by the teacher
• guru-coditaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: guru (प्रातिपदिक) + codita (प्रातिपदिक; √cud + kta)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (गुरुणा चोदितः), क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Kakṣīvān (within Sūta’s narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Agastya-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kakṣīvān’s father (within story) / sages (frame audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kakṣīvān arrives at a river-ford sanctified by Agastya; a simple āśrama shrine or Agastya’s presence is suggested; he declares his purpose—securing means for a marriage—under his guru’s instruction.

Characters & Entities

• Agastya-tīrtha
• Svānaya
• guru (Udaṅka implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly duties like marriage are also dharma, and they are best pursued with guru-guidance and through the sanctifying power of tīrthas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Āgastya-tīrtha (Agastya’s sacred bathing place/ford) is explicitly named.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse implies vivāha-siddhi through tīrtha-associated endeavor, but does not specify a particular snāna/dāna/japa.