Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

तदेतत्सर्वतीर्थेभ्योऽधिकं मन्ये त्वदा हृतम्

Transliteration

tadetatsarvatīrthebhyo'dhikaṃ manye tvadā hṛtam

Translation

അതുകൊണ്ട് ഞാൻ ഇതിനെ എല്ലാ തീർത്ഥങ്ങളേക്കാളും ശ്രേഷ്ഠമെന്ന് കരുതുന്നു—ഈ മഹിമ നിങ്ങൾ തന്നെയാണ് വെളിപ്പെടുത്തിയത്.

Word by Word

• tat: that
• tat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• etat: this
• etat: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (appositional)

• sarva-tīrthebhyaḥ: than all pilgrim-places
• sarva-tīrthebhyaḥ: Apadana (Standard of comparison/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (सर्वाणि तीर्थाणि), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), बहुवचन; तुलनार्थे ‘-भ्यः’ (than all tīrthas)

• adhikam: greater
• adhikam: Karma (Object complement/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: adhika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तुलनार्थ (greater)

• manye: I think, consider
• manye: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √man (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• tvadā: by you
• tvadā: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; ‘त्वया’ इत्यर्थे वैदिक/छान्दस-रूपम्

• hṛtam: taken, obtained
• hṛtam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √hṛ (धातु) + hṛta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘taken/obtained’

Speaker

Phālguna (Arjuna)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The speaker gestures toward the tīrtha as if crowning it above all; a subtle mandala of other tīrthas appears in the background, with the central waterbody shining brightest.

Characters & Entities

• Phālguna (Arjuna)
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faith in a tīrtha’s unique greatness is strengthened through authoritative narration and realized testimony.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The specific tīrtha is implied but not explicitly identified in this single verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it is a statement of comparative māhātmya.