Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

अमरंकट इत्येवं तेन प्रोक्तो मनीषिभिः । महापवित्रो लोकेषु शम्भुना स विनिर्मितः

Transliteration

amaraṃkaṭa ityevaṃ tena prokto manīṣibhiḥ | mahāpavitro lokeṣu śambhunā sa vinirmitaḥ

Translation

അതിനാൽ മുനിമാർ അതിനെ ‘അമരംകട’ എന്നു വിളിച്ചു. അത് ലോകങ്ങളിൽ മഹാപവിത്രം; സ്വയം ശംഭുവാൽ സ്ഥാപിതമായത്.

Word by Word

• अमरंकट: Amaraṅkaṭa (name of the place)
• अमरंकट: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमर + कट (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अमराणां कटः/कटम्)

• इति: thus/so called
• इति: Discourse marker (उद्धरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: इति-शब्दः; अव्यय, उद्धरण-चिह्न (quotative particle)

• एवम्: in this manner
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb of manner)

• तेन: by him/therefore
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• प्रोक्तः: was called/said
• प्रोक्तः: Kriya (Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु) → प्रोक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थः (passive sense: ‘having been said/called’)

• मनीषिभिः: by sages/wise men
• मनीषिभिः: Kartr̥ (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनीषिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• महापवित्रः: very holy
• महापवित्रः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + पवित्र (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• लोकेषु: in the worlds/among people
• लोकेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• शम्भुना: by Śambhu (Śiva)
• शम्भुना: Kartr̥ (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• सः: he/that (place)
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• विनिर्मितः: was created/constructed
• विनिर्मितः: Kriya (Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + निर् + मा (धातु) → विनिर्मित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थः (passive: ‘was made/created’)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; Revā Khaṇḍa māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Amaraṃkaṭa (Amarkantak)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages (manīṣibhiḥ) indicate and name the sacred mountain Amaraṃkaṭa; Śiva’s unseen/manifest presence consecrates the landscape; the aura of purification radiates across worlds.

Characters & Entities

• Amaraṃkaṭa (Amarkantak)
• Śambhu (Śiva)
• Manīṣin (sages)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s power is rooted in divine sanction: Amaraṃkaṭa is praised as universally purifying because Śiva himself consecrated it.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Amaraṃkaṭa (Amarkantak), celebrated as a mahā-pavitra (great purifier).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the verse establishes the site’s inherent purificatory merit, implying value in pilgrimage and worship there.