Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

आश्रित्य तस्या द्रष्टव्या वराहास्तु यतस्ततः । ज्येष्ठस्यैकादशीतिथौ विष्णुना प्रभुविष्णुना

Transliteration

āśritya tasyā draṣṭavyā varāhāstu yatastataḥ | jyeṣṭhasyaikādaśītithau viṣṇunā prabhuviṣṇunā

Translation

そこに帰依して、ヴァラーハの御姿をあらゆる方角に拝すべきである。ジェーシュタ月のエーカーダシーには、ヴィシュヌ—主ヴィシュヌ—によって、とりわけ顕現し近づき得る。

Word by Word

• आश्रित्य: having resorted to
• आश्रित्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ-श्रि (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त, अव्ययीभावार्थ)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त-अव्यय; gerund (having resorted to)

• तस्याः: of her/that (place)
• तस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• द्रष्टव्याः: to be seen
• द्रष्टव्याः: Vidhi (Obligation predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + तव्यत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Gerundive (to be seen); वराहाः इति विशेषणम्

• वराहाः: boars (Varāhas)
• वराहाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वराह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तु: indeed, but
• तु: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषण-निपात; particle (but/indeed)

• यतः: from wherever
• यतः: Apadana/Adhikarana (Source/Location sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतः (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/हेतुवाचक-अव्यय; adverb (from wherever/whence)

• ततः: from there; thence
• ततः: Apadana/Adhikarana (Source/Location sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/क्रमवाचक-अव्यय; adverb (from there/thence)

• ज्येष्ठस्य: of (the month) Jyeṣṭha
• ज्येष्ठस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्येष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• एकादशी-तिथौ: on the eleventh lunar day
• एकादशी-तिथौ: Adhikarana (Time locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकादशी + तिथि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Feminine, Locative, Singular

• विष्णुना: by Viṣṇu
• विष्णुना: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• प्रभुविष्णुना: by Lord Viṣṇu
• प्रभुविष्णुना: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु + विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Instrumental, Singular; विशेषण-विशेष्यभावः (प्रभुः विष्णुः)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from adhyāya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pañca-Varāha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim stands at the center of a sacred field/ghat; in the four directions appear Varāha icons or rock-marked forms, as if the landscape itself reveals the Lord on Ekādaśī.

Characters & Entities

• Pañca-Varāha
• Viṣṇu
• Jyeṣṭha Ekādaśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha is portrayed as a living theophany: on auspicious days, divine presence becomes especially accessible to devotees.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Pañca-Varāha sacred area in the Revā (Narmadā) Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

On Jyeṣṭha Ekādaśī, take refuge at the site and seek darśana of the Varāha manifestations.