Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

औदुम्बरी तदा प्राह पर्वतं जनकं निजम् । कल्येऽत्रावभृथो भावी विधियज्ञसमुद्भवः

Transliteration

audumbarī tadā prāha parvataṃ janakaṃ nijam | kalye'trāvabhṛtho bhāvī vidhiyajñasamudbhavaḥ

Translation

Alors Audumbarī s’adressa à la montagne, son propre père : «Demain, ici, aura lieu l’avabhṛtha, le bain de clôture, issu du sacrifice accompli selon le rite prescrit.»

Word by Word

• औदुम्बरी: Audumbarī
• औदुम्बरी: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: औदुम्बरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (then)

• प्राह: said/spoke
• प्राह: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+अह्/ब्रू (धातु; परोक्षभूत)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, परस्मैपद; √ब्रू-आदेशरूपम्

• पर्वतम्: to the mountain
• पर्वतम्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• जनकम्: (her) father
• जनकम्: Karman (Object apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; पर्वतम् इति समानाधिकरण/विशेषणभावे

• निजम्: own
• निजम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; जनकम् इति विशेषणम्

• कल्ये: in the morning
• कल्ये: Adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; काले अधिकरणे—"in the morning"

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (here)

• अवभृथः: avabhṛtha bath (concluding rite)
• अवभृथः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवभृथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• भावी: will occur/impending
• भावी: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: णिनि-प्रत्ययान्त (future/impending sense) कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; अवभृथः इति विशेषणम्

• विधि-यज्ञ-समुद्भवः: arising from the ritual sacrifice
• विधि-यज्ञ-समुद्भवः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक) + यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक) + समुद्भव (प्रातिपदिक; सम्+उद्+भू)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; अवभृथः इति विशेषणम्; "arising from the prescribed sacrifice"

Speaker

Audumbarī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avabhṛtha-tīrtha (implied, arising from yajña)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Audumbarī announces to her mountain-father that tomorrow an avabhṛtha bath will occur here, born of a properly performed sacrifice.

Characters & Entities

• Audumbarī
• parvata (mountain-father)
• avabhṛtha
• yajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual completion culminates in purification rites; the avabhṛtha bath seals the yajña’s merit and sanctifies the place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The avabhṛtha is to occur ‘here’ within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra setting described in this Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Avabhṛtha-snānā (the concluding sacrificial bath) is explicitly announced as the next day’s rite.