Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

तदाप्रभृति तत्तीर्थं संजातंनर्मदातटे । तत्र तीर्थे तु यो गत्वा एकचित्तो जितेन्द्रियः

Transliteration

tadāprabhṛti tattīrthaṃ saṃjātaṃnarmadātaṭe | tatra tīrthe tu yo gatvā ekacitto jitendriyaḥ

Translation

അന്നുമുതൽ ആ തീർത്ഥം നർമദാതീരത്ത് സംജാതമായി. ആ തീർത്ഥത്തിലേക്ക് ചെന്നു ഏകചിത്തനായി ഇന്ദ്രിയങ്ങളെ ജയിച്ചവൻ…

Word by Word

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• प्रभृति: from (that time) onward
• प्रभृति: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रभृति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आरम्भवाचक (from... onwards)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण of 'तीर्थम्'

• तीर्थम्: sacred ford; pilgrimage place
• तीर्थम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• संजातम्: came into being; arose
• संजातम्: Kriya (Predicate state)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + जन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; 'तीर्थम्' इत्यस्य विधेय

• नर्मदातटे: on the bank of the Narmadā
• नर्मदातटे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर्मदा + तट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• तीर्थे: at the sacred place
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• तु: indeed; and
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Purvakala-Kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (prior action)

• एकचित्तः: single-minded
• एकचित्तः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक + चित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण of 'यः'

• जितेन्द्रियः: one who has conquered the senses
• जितेन्द्रियः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जित (√जि धातु, क्त-प्रत्ययान्त) + इन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); उपपद-तत्पुरुष (object-relation: 'इन्द्रियाणि जितानि यस्य')

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (context: Purāṇic narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kumāreśvara tīrtha (established on Narmadā-taṭa)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Narādhipa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tranquil Narmadā riverbank with a newly established tīrtha; a restrained pilgrim stands in meditation (ekacitta), senses withdrawn (jitendriya), approaching the shrine with folded hands.

Characters & Entities

• Narmadā (Revā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage bears fruit when joined with inner discipline—single-mindedness and restraint of the senses.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha situated on the Narmadā’s bank within the Revā Khaṇḍa sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The required disposition for tīrtha-visit is stated: ekacitta (focused mind) and jitendriya (sense-control).