Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

तेनतेनाभिधानेन गीयन्ते सर्वदा जनैः । यत्र भूमिं विनिर्भिद्य यमुना निर्गता तदा

Transliteration

tenatenābhidhānena gīyante sarvadā janaiḥ | yatra bhūmiṃ vinirbhidya yamunā nirgatā tadā

Translation

Sous ces mêmes appellations, les gens les chantent et les célèbrent sans cesse. Là où Yamunā perça la terre et en jaillit—là, en vérité…

Word by Word

• तेन: by that
• तेन: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (n./m.), तृतीया (Instrumental, 3rd), एकवचन (singular); सर्वनाम

• तेन: by that (respective)
• तेन: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (n./m.), तृतीया (Instrumental, 3rd), एकवचन (singular); सर्वनाम (पुनरुक्ति: ‘तेन तेन’ = ‘by this and that/various’)

• अभिधानेन: by the name/appellation
• अभिधानेन: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), तृतीया (Instrumental, 3rd), एकवचन (singular)

• गीयन्ते: are sung/celebrated
• गीयन्ते: Kriyā (Verb/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गै (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural); कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive), आत्मनेपद

• सर्वदा: always
• सर्वदा: Kāla (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

• जनैः: by people
• जनैः: Karta (Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), तृतीया (Instrumental, 3rd), बहुवचन (plural)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्धबोधक/देशवाचक (relative locative adverb: where)

• भूमिम्: the earth/ground
• भूमिम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), द्वितीया (Accusative, 2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• विनिर्भिद्य: having pierced/split
• विनिर्भिद्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-निर्भिद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive); धातु: भिद् (to split) उपसर्ग: वि-, निर्-; अव्ययभाव (having split)

• यमुना: Yamunā (river)
• यमुना: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यमुना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन (singular)

• निर्गता: came out; emerged
• निर्गता: Kriyā (Predicative participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्-गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन (singular); उपसर्ग: निर्-

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (then)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Yamunā-tīrtha (within tri-tīrtha)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A fissure in the earth opens; Yamunā rises as a luminous river-stream, while pilgrims sing the tīrtha’s name in reverent chorus.

Characters & Entities

• Yamunā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kīrtana and remembrance preserve tīrtha glory; sacred names carry sanctifying power across generations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The spot where Yamunā emerges after splitting the earth—identified as Yamunā-tīrtha in the next verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied practice of praising/reciting the tīrtha’s name and glory (nāma-kīrtana).