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Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 81

Devanagari script

अगस्त्य उवाच । इत्युक्त्वा मुनिराजेंद्रो लक्ष्मणं सुरसं गतम् । शेषं संस्थाप्य तत्तीर्थे भूभारहरणक्षमम् । लक्ष्मणं यानमारोप्य प्रतस्थे दिवमादरात्

Transliteration

agastya uvāca | ityuktvā munirājeṃdro lakṣmaṇaṃ surasaṃ gatam | śeṣaṃ saṃsthāpya tattīrthe bhūbhāraharaṇakṣamam | lakṣmaṇaṃ yānamāropya pratasthe divamādarāt

Translation

アガスティヤは言った。「かく語り終えると、仙人たちの最勝なる主は、そのティールタに、地の重荷を除き得るシェーシャを安置した。ついでラクシュマナを天の乗り物に乗せ、敬虔に天界へと旅立った。」

Word by Word
अगस्त्यःAgastya
अगस्त्यः:
Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअगस्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (Quotative/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउक्तिसूचक अव्यय (quotative particle)
उक्त्वाhaving spoken
उक्त्वा:
Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund), ‘having said’
मुनिराजेन्द्रःthe sage-king (chief of sages)
मुनिराजेन्द्रः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमुनि + राजेन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः/कर्मधारयभावः: मुनिनां राजेन्द्रः (chief among sages)
लक्ष्मणम्Lakṣmaṇa
लक्ष्मणम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootलक्ष्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
सुरसम्delightful/pleasant
सुरसम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसुरस (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘लक्ष्मणम्’ इति विशेषणम्
गतम्gone/arrived
गतम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formक्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘लक्ष्मणम्’ इति विशेषणम्
शेषम्Śeṣa (the serpent) / the remainder
शेषम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
संस्थाप्यhaving established
संस्थाप्य:
Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम् + स्थाप् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund), ‘having installed/placed’
तत्that
तत्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘तीर्थे’ इति विशेषणम् (in that)
तीर्थेat the sacred ford
तीर्थे:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन
भूभारहरणक्षमम्capable of removing the burden of the earth
भूभारहरणक्षमम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootभू + भार + हरण + क्षम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः: भूभारस्य हरणे क्षमः (capable of removing earth’s burden); ‘शेषम्’ इति विशेषणम्
लक्ष्मणम्Lakṣmaṇa
लक्ष्मणम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootलक्ष्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
यानम्vehicle
यानम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
आरोप्यhaving made (him) mount
आरोप्य:
Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ + रुह् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund), ‘having mounted/placed (upon)’
प्रतस्थेdeparted
प्रतस्थे:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + स्था (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद
दिवम्to heaven
दिवम्:
Gati-Karma (Destination/गतिकर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
आदरात्out of reverence
आदरात्:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआदर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे ‘out of respect/eagerness’
Speaker

Agastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Implied audience within the narrative frame (not named in this verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Agastya, radiant and austere, performs a consecration at a riverside tīrtha: Śeṣa (serpent with many hoods) is established as a sacred presence; nearby, Lakṣmaṇa is gently lifted onto a celestial vimāna, which ascends toward the sky as Agastya departs heavenward.

Characters & Entities
A
Agastya
L
Lakṣmaṇa
Ś
Śeṣa (Ananta)
T
Tīrtha
H
Heaven (Divam)

FAQs

Tīrthas are not only locations but sanctified presences established through divine beings and sagely acts, linking earth to the divine realm.

The particular Ayodhyā tīrtha where Śeṣa is said to have been installed, forming part of the site’s origin-myth (māhātmya).

No direct ritual is prescribed here; the verse provides the tīrtha’s sanctifying narrative (pratiṣṭhā/establishment).

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