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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 36

वेदविद्याव्रतस्नाताः सर्वशास्त्रविशारदाः । येऽपि ते शतसाहस्रास्त्वरिता ह्यागतास्त्विह

vedavidyāvratasnātāḥ sarvaśāstraviśāradāḥ | ye'pi te śatasāhasrāstvaritā hyāgatāstviha

വേദവിദ്യയിൽ നിപുണരും, വ്രതങ്ങൾ അനുഷ്ഠിച്ച് സ്നാനസംസ്കാരത്താൽ ശുദ്ധരായവരും, സർവശാസ്ത്രങ്ങളിലും വിശാരദരുമായ അവർ—ആ ലക്ഷക്കണക്കിനാളുകളും ത്വരിതമായി ഇവിടെ എത്തിയിരിക്കുന്നു.

वेदविद्याव्रतस्नाताःbathed/initiated in Veda, learning, and vows
वेदविद्याव्रतस्नाताः:
Visheshana (Qualifier of ते/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootवेद + विद्या + व्रत + स्नात (कृदन्त; √स्ना (धातु) + क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषसमासः (वेदविद्याव्रतेषु स्नाताः/वेदविद्याव्रत-स्नाताः)
सर्वशास्त्रविशारदाःskilled in all scriptures
सर्वशास्त्रविशारदाः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व + शास्त्र + विशारद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषु शास्त्रेषु विशारदाः)
येwho
ये:
Karta (Relative subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-यत्
अपिalso/even
अपि:
Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय/अपवादार्थक-अव्यय (also/even)
तेthose/they
ते:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम
शतसाहस्राःa hundred thousand
शतसाहस्राः:
Visheshana (Numeral qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशत + साहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; द्विगु-समासः (शतानि साहस्राणि = 100,000)
त्वरिताःhastened
त्वरिताः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootत्वरित (कृदन्त; √त्वर् (धातु) + क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त
हिindeed
हि:
Sambandha (Emphasis/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formनिश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (indeed)
आगताःhave come
आगताः:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootआ-√गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (come)
तुbut/indeed
तु:
Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formविरोध/विशेषार्थक-अव्यय (but/indeed)
इहhere
इह:
Desha (Place/देश)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (here)

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha / Krodha-sthāna (contextual)

Type: ghat

Listener: Bhṛgu

Scene: A sweeping scene of many brāhmaṇas arriving quickly—some with manuscripts, some with kamaṇḍalu and daṇḍa, some freshly bathed—forming a vast assembly near the river and shrine.

V
Veda
Ś
Śāstra
V
Vrata
S
Snāna

FAQs

True sacred places draw seekers of dharma—learning, vows, and śāstric discipline naturally converge at a powerful tīrtha.

The same revered site in Revā Khaṇḍa 182, contextualized as Koṭitīrtha/Bhṛgukṣetra in the surrounding verses.

Vrata-completion snāna is referenced as a marker of religious discipline, though no step-by-step injunction is given here.