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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

श्रीमार्कण्डेय उवाच । नर्मदादक्षिणे कूले तीर्थं परमशोभनम् । स्कन्देन निर्मितं पूर्वं तपः कृत्वा सुदारुणम्

Transliteration

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca | narmadādakṣiṇe kūle tīrthaṃ paramaśobhanam | skandena nirmitaṃ pūrvaṃ tapaḥ kṛtvā sudāruṇam

Translation

ശ്രീ മാർക്കണ്ഡേയൻ പറഞ്ഞു—നർമദയുടെ തെക്കൻ തീരത്ത് അത്യന്തം ശോഭനമായ ഒരു തീർത്ഥമുണ്ട്. പൂർവ്വകാലത്ത് സ്കന്ദൻ അതികഠിനമായ തപസ്സു ചെയ്ത് അതിനെ സ്ഥാപിച്ചു.

Word by Word
श्रीमार्कण्डेयःŚrī Mārkaṇḍeya
श्रीमार्कण्डेयः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootश्री-मार्कण्डेय (प्रातिपदिक; श्री + मार्कण्डेय)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; संबोधन-रहितः कर्तृपद-प्रयोगः
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
नर्मदायाःof the Narmadā
नर्मदायाः:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootनर्मदा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन
दक्षिणेon the southern
दक्षिणे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootदक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (कूले इति)
कूलेbank
कूले:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootकूल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन
तीर्थम्a sacred ford/place of pilgrimage
तीर्थम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन; अत्र प्रथमा (उक्त-वस्तु)
परमशोभनम्supremely beautiful
परमशोभनम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपरम-शोभन (प्रातिपदिक; परम + शोभन)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (तीर्थम् इति)
स्कन्देनby Skanda
स्कन्देन:
Karana/Agent-Instrument (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootस्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
निर्मितम्constructed/created
निर्मितम्:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया-विशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootनि-√मा (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (तीर्थम् इति) विशेषण-रूपेण
पूर्वम्formerly/earlier
पूर्वम्:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)
तपःausterity
तपः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
कृत्वाhaving performed
कृत्वा:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive); पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया
सुदारुणम्very severe
सुदारुणम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु-दारुण (प्रातिपदिक; सु + दारुण)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (तपः इति)
Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On the lush southern bank of the Narmadā, a radiant tīrtha manifests—marked by simple stone steps/ford—while Skanda’s past austerity is evoked as a luminous aura over the waters.

Characters & Entities
M
Mārkaṇḍeya
N
Narmadā (Revā)
S
Skanda
T
tīrtha

FAQs

Holy places gain sanctity through divine tapas and establishment; pilgrimage is grounded in the spiritual power of austerity and divine presence.

A splendid tīrtha on the southern bank of the Narmadā, said to be founded by Skanda.

No direct prescription here; it introduces the tīrtha’s origin through Skanda’s tapas.

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