Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 19
Devanagari script
तदेतत्सर्वतीर्थेभ्योऽधिकं मन्ये त्वदा हृतम्
Transliteration
tadetatsarvatīrthebhyo'dhikaṃ manye tvadā hṛtam
Translation
અતએવ હું તેને સર્વ તીર્થોથી પણ શ્રેષ્ઠ માનું છું—આ મહિમા તમારા દ્વારા પ્રગટ થયો છે.
Word by Word
tatthat
tat:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
etatthis
etat:
Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (appositional)
sarva-tīrthebhyaḥthan all pilgrim-places
sarva-tīrthebhyaḥ:
Apadana (Standard of comparison/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय-समास (सर्वाणि तीर्थाणि), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), बहुवचन; तुलनार्थे ‘-भ्यः’ (than all tīrthas)
adhikamgreater
adhikam:
Karma (Object complement/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootadhika (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तुलनार्थ (greater)
manyeI think, consider
manye:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√man (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद
tvadāby you
tvadā:
Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Roottvad (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
Formतृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; ‘त्वया’ इत्यर्थे वैदिक/छान्दस-रूपम्
hṛtamtaken, obtained
hṛtam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Root√hṛ (धातु) + hṛta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘taken/obtained’
Speaker
Phālguna (Arjuna)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: The speaker gestures toward the tīrtha as if crowning it above all; a subtle mandala of other tīrthas appears in the background, with the central waterbody shining brightest.
Characters & Entities
P
Phālguna (Arjuna)T
TīrthaFAQs
Faith in a tīrtha’s unique greatness is strengthened through authoritative narration and realized testimony.
The specific tīrtha is implied but not explicitly identified in this single verse.
None directly; it is a statement of comparative māhātmya.