Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

यदा प्रभृति राजेन्द्र हुङ्कारेण गता सरित् । तदाप्रभृति स स्वामी हुङ्कारः शब्दितो बुधैः

Transliteration

yadā prabhṛti rājendra huṅkāreṇa gatā sarit | tadāprabhṛti sa svāmī huṅkāraḥ śabdito budhaiḥ

Translation

ହେ ରାଜେନ୍ଦ୍ର! ‘ହୁଁ’ ନିନାଦର ପ୍ରଭାବରେ ଯେତେବେଳେ ସେ ନଦୀ ପ୍ରସ୍ଥାନ କଲା, ସେହି ସମୟରୁ ତତ୍ସ୍ଥ ସ୍ୱାମୀକୁ ବୁଦ୍ଧିମାନମାନେ ‘ହୁଙ୍କାର’ ନାମରେ ପ୍ରସିଦ୍ଧ କଲେ।

Word by Word

• यदा: when
• यदा: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: 'when')

• प्रभृति: from then onward
• प्रभृति: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रभृति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आरम्भ-सीमा-वाचक (from/since; starting from)

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• राजेन्द्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजेन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक: राजा+इन्द्र)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (राज्ञाम् इन्द्रः)

• हुङ्कारेण: by the sound 'huṅkāra'
• हुङ्कारेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हुङ्कार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• गता: went / became known as
• गता: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तरि-प्रयोगे 'gone' (agreeing with सरित्)

• सरित्: the river
• सरित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरित् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (then)

• प्रभृति: from that time onward
• प्रभृति: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रभृति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आरम्भ-सीमा-वाचक (from/since)

• स: that (he/it)
• स: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• स्वामी: the lord/master
• स्वामी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वामिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• हुङ्कारः: (named) Huṅkāra
• हुङ्कारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हुङ्कार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• शब्दितः: was called / was named
• शब्दितः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शब्द् (धातु) → शब्दित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (was called/was named)

• बुधैः: by the wise (people)
• बुधैः: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/कर्ता-करण), बहुवचन

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Huṅkāra-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājendra (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A river-goddess (Revā) shown turning/withdrawing at the force of a mystic ‘huṅ’ utterance, while sages point out the newly named Lord ‘Huṅkāra’ at the bank-shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Huṅkāra
• Narmadā (Revā)
• King (Rājendra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic tradition links divine names to sacred events, teaching that place, sound, and divine presence are inseparable in tīrtha-māhātmya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Huṅkāra Tīrtha, where the Lord is remembered by the epithet ‘Huṅkāra’.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse establishes the naming and identity of the presiding divinity.