Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

श्रीमार्कण्डेय उवाच । तस्यैवानन्तरं राजञ्छुक्लतीर्थसमीपतः । वासुदेवस्य तीर्थं तु सर्वलोकेषु पूजितम्

Transliteration

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca | tasyaivānantaraṃ rājañchuklatīrthasamīpataḥ | vāsudevasya tīrthaṃ tu sarvalokeṣu pūjitam

Translation

ശ്രീ മാർകണ്ഡേയൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ രാജാവേ, അതിന്റെ ഉടനെ ശുക്ലതീർത്ഥസമീപത്ത് വാസുദേവന്റെ തീർത്ഥമുണ്ട്; അത് സർവ്വലോകങ്ങളിലും പൂജിതമാണ്.

Word by Word

• श्रीमार्कण्डेयः: the venerable Mārkaṇḍeya
• श्रीमार्कण्डेयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री + मार्कण्डेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (श्रीमान् मार्कण्डेयः)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तस्य: of that (place/event)
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• अनन्तरम्: immediately after
• अनन्तरम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगे अव्ययवत् (adverbial accusative: immediately after)

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• शुक्लतीर्थसमीपतः: from near Śukla-tīrtha
• शुक्लतीर्थसमीपतः: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शुक्लतीर्थ + समीप + तस् (प्रातिपदिक/तद्धित)
• Form: पञ्चमी-अर्थे अव्यय (ablatival adverb): -तः; तत्पुरुष (शुक्लतीर्थस्य समीपः) + तसिल्-प्रत्यय (-तः = from/near)

• वासुदेवस्य: of Vāsudeva
• वासुदेवस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• तीर्थम्: a sacred ford/place of pilgrimage
• तीर्थम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/discourse)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वयार्थक-अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)

• सर्वलोकेषु: in all worlds
• सर्वलोकेषु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (सर्वे लोका:)

• पूजितम्: worshipped/honoured
• पूजितम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (तीर्थम्)

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vāsudeva-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājan (the King)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sage Mārkaṇḍeya instructs a king on the next stop: a serene river-ford with a small shrine of Vāsudeva, pilgrims offering tulasī and lamps.

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• King (Rājan)
• Śukla Tīrtha
• Vāsudeva
• Vāsudeva Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage sites connected with Vāsudeva are portrayed as universally venerable, inviting devotion through sacred geography.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vāsudeva Tīrtha, situated near Śukla Tīrtha in the Revā (Narmadā) region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated here; the verse introduces the location and its fame.