Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

एतस्मात्कारणात्तात योधनीपुरमुच्यते । रुक्मोऽपि दानवेन्द्रोऽसौ प्राप्तः

Transliteration

etasmātkāraṇāttāta yodhanīpuramucyate | rukmo'pi dānavendro'sau prāptaḥ

Translation

ដោយហេតុនេះហើយ កូនអើយ ទីនោះត្រូវបានហៅថា «យោធនីបុរៈ»។ ហើយ រុក្មៈ មេដឹកនាំនៃពួកដានវៈ ក៏បានមកដល់ទីនោះដែរ។

Word by Word

• etasmāt: from this
• etasmāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• kāraṇāt: from the reason/cause
• kāraṇāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• tāta: O dear (son)/O dear one
• tāta: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• yodhanīpuram: the city called Yodhanīpura
• yodhanīpuram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yodhanī + pura (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (yodhanīyāḥ puram = city of battle/war)

• ucyate: is called
• ucyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• rukmaḥ: Rukma
• rukmaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rukma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• api: also/even
• api: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• dānavendraḥ: lord of the Dānavas
• dānavendraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dānava + indra (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (dānavānām indraḥ = lord of the Dānavas)

• asau: that (one)
• asau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asau (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• prāptaḥ: arrived/has come
• prāptaḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-āp (धातु) + kta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे ‘arrived/obtained’

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Yodhanīpura

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A kṣetra named Yodhanīpura is introduced; the Dānava-lord Rukma arrives, setting a martial tableau at the edge of the Revā landscape.

Characters & Entities

• Yodhanīpura
• Rukma
• Dānava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic place-names preserve dharma-memory: geography becomes scripture through events that reveal virtue, conflict, and sacred power.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Yodhanīpura (a named locale within the Revā-khaṇḍa sacred landscape), tied to the Narmadā-region narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.