Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

जामदग्न्येन रामेण तत्र देवः प्रतिष्ठितः । यत्र देवाः सगन्धर्वा मुनयः सिद्धचारणाः

Transliteration

jāmadagnyena rāmeṇa tatra devaḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ | yatra devāḥ sagandharvā munayaḥ siddhacāraṇāḥ

Translation

അവിടെ ജാമദഗ്ന്യരാമൻ (പരശുരാമൻ) ദേവനെ പ്രതിഷ്ഠിച്ചു; അവിടെ ദേവന്മാർ ഗന്ധർവന്മാരോടുകൂടെ, മുനിമാരും സിദ്ധ‑ചാരണന്മാരും സന്നിഹിതരായിരിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• jāmadagnyena: by Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma)
• jāmadagnyena: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāmadagnya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; patronymic ‘son of Jamadagni’

• rāmeṇa: by Rāma
• rāmeṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of place)

• devaḥ: the deity
• devaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन

• pratiṣṭhitaḥ: is established
• pratiṣṭhitaḥ: Kriya (Predicative action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prati-√sthā (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; past passive participle functioning as finite predicate (‘is established’)

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (relative adverb of place)

• devāḥ: gods
• devāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), बहुवचन

• sa: with
• sa: Sambandha (Associative marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sa (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (prefix-like particle meaning ‘with’) used in compound formation

• gandharvāḥ: Gandharvas
• gandharvāḥ: Karta (Co-subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gandharva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• munayaḥ: sages
• munayaḥ: Karta (Co-subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• siddha: Siddhas
• siddha: Samasa-anga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (compound member)

• cāraṇāḥ: Cāraṇas
• cāraṇāḥ: Karta (Co-subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; Revā Khaṇḍa narration—traditionally Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa conveying the Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sāgara-paryanta Mahātīrtha (Paraśurāma-pratiṣṭhita)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Paraśurāma, axe-bearing Bhārgava, performs deity installation near the shore; devas and gandharvas hover in the sky with garlands and instruments while sages stand in attendance.

Characters & Entities

• Paraśurāma (Rāma Jāmadagnya)
• Deva (installed deity)
• Gandharvas
• Munis
• Siddhas
• Cāraṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha becomes supremely potent when sanctified by consecration and continuously ‘inhabited’ by divine and saintly presences.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A consecrated tīrtha associated with Paraśurāma and the Jamadagni tradition, within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s pilgrimage landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It alludes to pratiṣṭhā (installation/consecration) of a deity, establishing the site’s sanctity.