Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 13
Devanagari script
तत्र गत्वा शुभे स्थाने नर्मदादक्षिणे तटे
Transliteration
tatra gatvā śubhe sthāne narmadādakṣiṇe taṭe
Translation
Setelah pergi ke sana, ke tempat yang suci lagi bertuah di tebing selatan Sungai Narmadā.
Word by Word
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb: 'there')
गत्वाhaving gone
गत्वा:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु) → गत्वा (क्त्वान्त)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having gone)
शुभेauspicious
शुभे:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे/स्त्रीलिङ्गे; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with स्थाने)
स्थानेin a place
स्थाने:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootस्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन
नर्मदा-दक्षिणेon the southern (bank) of the Narmadā
नर्मदा-दक्षिणे:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootनर्मदा (प्रातिपदिक) + दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुषसमास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'नर्मदायाः दक्षिणः'); नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with तटे)
तटेon the bank
तटे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootतट (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन
Speaker
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice)
Characters & Entities
N
Narmadā (Revā)S
Southern bank (Dakṣiṇa taṭa)FAQs
Pilgrimage is concrete and place-based: one is instructed to physically approach the sanctified geography where grace abides.
The auspicious site on the southern bank of the Narmadā established in this chapter (Parāśara-associated tīrtha).
The preliminary step of the vrata: travel to the specified śubha-sthāna on Narmadā’s southern bank.