Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 163

Devanagari script

अस्य तीरे स्वमंशं च वल्लीनाथः प्रमेक्ष्यति । दत्तात्रेयस्य यो योगी ह्यवतारो भविष्यति

Transliteration

asya tīre svamaṃśaṃ ca vallīnāthaḥ pramekṣyati | dattātreyasya yo yogī hyavatāro bhaviṣyati

Translation

Di tebing tīrtha ini, Vallīnātha akan menzahirkan sebahagian daripada dirinya; yogin itu akan menjadi avatāra Dattātreya.

Word by Word

• अस्य: of this (pond/place)
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तीरे: on the bank
• तीरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्वमंशं: his own portion/part
• स्वमंशं: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व + अंश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—स्वः अंशः (कर्मधारयः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• वल्लीनाथः: Vallīnātha (Lord of Vallī)
• वल्लीनाथः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वल्ली + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—वल्ल्याः नाथः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः; नाम)

• प्रमेक्ष्यति: will bestow/assign (lit. will apportion)
• प्रमेक्ष्यति: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मिक्ष्/मेक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; उपसर्गः—प्र

• दत्तात्रेयस्य: of Dattātreya
• दत्तात्रेयस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दत्तात्रेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—दत्तः आत्रेयः (कर्मधारयः; नाम)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-यः

• योगी: the yogi
• योगी: Karta (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/हेतौ-अव्यय (particle: indeed/for)

• अवतारः: an incarnation
• अवतारः: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवतार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bahūdaka (tīra)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On the serene bank of Bahūdaka, a radiant yogin appears—Vallīnātha’s aṃśa—surrounded by disciples; above/behind, Dattātreya’s iconography is hinted (three-headed radiance, cow and dogs nearby), indicating avatāric identity.

Characters & Entities

• Bahūdaka (implied by context)
• Vallīnātha
• Dattātreya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Great tīrthas become seats where divine power and saintly incarnations manifest for the world’s guidance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The bank of the Bahūdaka Mahākuṇḍa (as established in the immediate context).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed; the verse presents a future manifestation connected to the tīrtha.