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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

श्रीमार्कण्डेय उवाच । नर्मदादक्षिणे कूले तीर्थं कलकलेश्वरम् । विख्यातं सर्वलोकेषु स्वयं देवेन निर्मितम्

Transliteration

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca | narmadādakṣiṇe kūle tīrthaṃ kalakaleśvaram | vikhyātaṃ sarvalokeṣu svayaṃ devena nirmitam

Translation

聖マールカンデーヤは言った。ナルマダー（Narmadā）の南岸に、カラカレーシュヴァラ（Kalakaleśvara）と名づく聖なるティールタ（tīrtha）がある。万界に名高く、神みずからが造り給うた。

Word by Word
श्रीमार्कण्डेयःthe venerable Mārkaṇḍeya
श्रीमार्कण्डेयः:
Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootश्री (उपसर्ग/उपाधि-प्रातिपदिक) + मार्कण्डेय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)
नर्मदायाःof the Narmadā
नर्मदायाः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootनर्मदा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)
दक्षिणेon the southern
दक्षिणे:
Visheshana (Qualifier of kūle/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootदक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)
कूलेbank, shore
कूले:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootकूल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)
तीर्थम्a sacred ford/pilgrimage place
तीर्थम्:
Karma (Object of implied 'asti' / apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular)
कलकलेश्वरम्Kalakaleśvara (name of the tīrtha/deity)
कलकलेश्वरम्:
Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition to tīrtham)
TypeNoun
Rootकलकल (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
विख्यातम्renowned
विख्यातम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier of tīrtham/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootवि + ख्या (धातु)
Formकृदन्त—क्त (Past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular)
सर्वलोकेषुin all worlds
सर्वलोकेषु:
Adhikarana (Sphere/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), बहुवचन (Plural)
स्वयम्by himself
स्वयम्:
Karta-vishesana (Agent-modifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्वयम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (Reflexive adverb: oneself)
देवेनby the god
देवेन:
Karana/Karta (Agent in passive/करण-कर्तृ)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)
निर्मितम्created, constructed
निर्मितम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier of tīrtham/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootनि + मा (धातु)
Formकृदन्त—क्त (Past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular)
Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kalakaleśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mārkaṇḍeya speaks, revealing a renowned shrine on Narmadā’s south bank; the temple appears as if arisen by divine will, with the river flowing beside ghāṭa steps and pilgrims arriving.

Characters & Entities
M
Mārkaṇḍeya
N
Narmadā (Revā)
K
Kalakaleśvara

FAQs

Purāṇic sacred geography teaches that certain riverbanks are divinely established tīrthas where dharma becomes accessible through place-based devotion.

Kalakaleśvara tīrtha, located on the southern bank of the Narmadā (Revā).

No specific rite is stated here; the verse introduces the site and its divine origin.

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