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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22

एकदा तत्र चाऽयाता मुनयः शंसितव्रताः । तीर्थे पापहरे पुण्ये विश्वामित्रसमुद्भवे

ekadā tatra cā'yātā munayaḥ śaṃsitavratāḥ | tīrthe pāpahare puṇye viśvāmitrasamudbhave

Un jour, des sages aux vœux renommés arrivèrent en ce lieu—au tīrtha sacré qui efface les fautes, plein de mérite, issu de Viśvāmitra.

ekadāonce
ekadā:
Kāla-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteka + dā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक (once)
tatrathere
tatra:
Desha-adhikarana (Place/देशाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatra (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक (there)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (and)
āyātāḥcame
āyātāḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootā + yā (धातु) → āyāta (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त); प्रथमा बहुवचन पुंलिङ्ग; ‘मुनयः’ इति विशेषणम्; अर्थः ‘आगताः’ (having come)
munayaḥsages
munayaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmuni (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन; ‘मुनि’ = sages
śaṃsita-vratāḥof praised vows
śaṃsita-vratāḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootśaṃsita (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (śaṃsitāni vratāni yeṣām) = whose vows are praised/approved
tīrtheat the pilgrimage place
tīrthe:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roottīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी एकवचन; ‘तीर्थे’ = at the sacred ford
pāpa-haresin-destroying
pāpa-hare:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + hara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (pāpaṃ harati) = sin-removing; ‘तीर्थे’ इति विशेषणम्
puṇyeholy
puṇye:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpuṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी एकवचन; ‘तीर्थे’ इति विशेषणम्; अर्थः ‘पवित्रे’ (holy/meritorious)
viśvāmitra-samudbhaveoriginating from Viśvāmitra
viśvāmitra-samudbhave:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootviśvāmitra (प्रातिपदिक) + samudbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (viśvāmitrāt samudbhavaḥ) = arisen from Viśvāmitra; ‘तीर्थे’ इति विशेषणम्

Skanda (deduced from narrative flow)

Tirtha: Viśvāmitra-samudbhava tīrtha (epithet; proper name not supplied)

Type: kund

Scene: A group of austere sages with famed vows arrive at a luminous tīrtha; the water/body of the tīrtha subtly bears Viśvāmitra’s presence—through a staff, kamandalu, or aura—signifying origin.

M
Munis
V
Viśvāmitra
T
Tīrtha

FAQs

A tīrtha’s greatness is affirmed by its power to remove sin and by the continual visitation of vow-observing sages.

A ‘viśvāmitra-samudbhava’ (arisen from Viśvāmitra) pāpahara tīrtha is explicitly referenced.

No explicit prescription; it emphasizes the tīrtha’s pāpahara nature and the exemplary presence of sages.