Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 118

Devanagari script

ग्रामं चापि गयत्राडं तत्र ख्यातं भविष्यति । गयत्राडे गयत्राडां येऽर्चयिष्यंति मानवाः

Transliteration

grāmaṃ cāpi gayatrāḍaṃ tatra khyātaṃ bhaviṣyati | gayatrāḍe gayatrāḍāṃ ye'rcayiṣyaṃti mānavāḥ

Translation

ആ ഗ്രാമവും അവിടെ ‘ഗയത്രാഡ’ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധമാകും. ഗയത്രാഡയിൽ ഗയത്രാഡാ ദേവിയെ ആരാധിക്കുന്ന മനുഷ്യർ…

Word by Word

• ग्रामम्: village
• ग्रामम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अर्थे 'also/even'

• गयत्राडम्: Gayatrāḍa (place-name)
• गयत्राडम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गयत्राड (प्रातिपदिक; स्थान-नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• ख्यातम्: renowned, famous
• ख्यातम्: Karta (Predicate complement/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ख्या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; Past passive participle, Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Simple future, 3rd person singular

• गयत्राडे: in Gayatrāḍa
• गयत्राडे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गयत्राड (प्रातिपदिक; स्थान-नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Locative, Singular

• गयत्राडाम्: Gayatrāḍā (goddess/figure)
• गयत्राडाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गयत्राडा (प्रातिपदिक; देवी/मूर्ति-नाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Relative pronoun, Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अर्चयिष्यन्ति: will worship
• अर्चयिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; Simple future, 3rd person plural

• मानवाः: people, humans
• मानवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gayatrāḍa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A rustic village being ritually renamed ‘Gayatrāḍa’; villagers and pilgrims offer flowers, lamps, and water at a small shrine of the goddess Gayatrāḍā; banners and kalashas mark a new sacred identity.

Characters & Entities

• Gayatrāḍa (village/place-name)
• Gayatrāḍā (deity/title)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sacred place becomes celebrated through continuous worship, and the place-name itself becomes a vessel of remembrance and merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The village/site known as Gayatrāḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Archana/pūjā of the deity known as Gayatrāḍā at Gayatrāḍa.