Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

तत्र तच्चाभवत्तीर्थं पुण्यं सिद्धनिषेवितम् । येन सा कापिलैस्तात सेविता ऋषिभिः पुरा

Transliteration

tatra taccābhavattīrthaṃ puṇyaṃ siddhaniṣevitam | yena sā kāpilaistāta sevitā ṛṣibhiḥ purā

Translation

ထိုနေရာ၌ပင် ထိုအရပ်သည် ပုဏ္ဏတီရ္ထ ဖြစ်လာ၍ သန့်ရှင်းမြင့်မြတ်ကာ စိဒ္ဓတို့က လာရောက်ဆည်းကပ်သည့် နေရာဖြစ်၏။ အကြောင်းမှာ ရှေးကာလ၌၊ အို ချစ်သူငယ်၊ ကပိလ-ရိရှီတို့နှင့် အခြားရိရှီတို့က ထိုနေရာကို အားထားဆည်းကပ်ခဲ့ကြသောကြောင့် ဖြစ်သည်။

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; देशवाचक-क्रियाविशेषणम्

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (that)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः

• अभवत्: became
• अभवत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकारः (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• तीर्थम्: a sacred ford/pilgrimage place
• तीर्थम्: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• पुण्यम्: holy, meritorious
• पुण्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• सिद्ध-निषेवितम्: frequented by siddhas
• सिद्ध-निषेवितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + निषेवित (कृदन्त; नि-√सेव् (धातु) क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (सिद्धैः निषेवितम्); भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (frequented)

• येन: by whom
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करण), एकवचनम्

• सा: she (that river)
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• कापिलैः: by Kapila’s (followers/sages)
• कापिलैः: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कापिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करण), बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (Kapila-related; here: Kapila’s [sages/people])

• तात: O dear one / O father (term of address)
• तात: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• सेविता: was frequented
• सेविता: Kriya-pratipatti (Predicate/क्रियासम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सेवित (कृदन्त; √सेव् (धातु) क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (served/frequented)

• ऋषिभिः: by sages
• ऋषिभिः: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करण), बहुवचनम्

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषणम् (formerly)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāpila-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: tāta / dear one (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A marked tīrtha spot on the riverbank—perhaps a simple stone platform or natural ford—visited by luminous siddhas and austere rishis; the air shimmers subtly, suggesting an unseen spiritual congregation.

Characters & Entities

• Siddhas
• Kapila
• Ṛṣis
• Kapilā (river/region)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A place becomes a tīrtha through sustained sanctification by realized beings—siddhas and ṛṣis.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha associated with Kapila and the Kapila-sages in the Kapilā/Narmadā region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite; the verse explains the source of the tīrtha’s holiness—siddha and ṛṣi association.