Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

दानवानां महाभाग सूदिता कोटिरुत्तमा । तदा प्रभृति तत्तीर्थं करोडीति महीतले

Transliteration

dānavānāṃ mahābhāga sūditā koṭiruttamā | tadā prabhṛti tattīrthaṃ karoḍīti mahītale

Translation

ହେ ମହାଭାଗ! ସେଠାରେ ଦାନବମାନଙ୍କର ଏକ ଉତ୍ତମ କୋଟି ନିହତ ହେଲା; ସେହି ସମୟରୁ ପୃଥିବୀରେ ସେ ତୀର୍ଥ ‘କରୋଡୀ’ ନାମେ ପ୍ରସିଦ୍ଧ ହେଲା।

Word by Word

• दानवानाम्: of the Dānavas (demons)
• दानवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

• महाभाग: O greatly fortunate one
• महाभाग: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् भागः यस्य)

• सूदिता: destroyed/slain
• सूदिता: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सूदित (प्रातिपदिक) (√सूद्/सूदय् + क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying कोटिः)

• कोटिः: a crore (ten million)
• कोटिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (of implied ‘was’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• उत्तमा: excellent, foremost
• उत्तमा: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying कोटिः)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla (Time adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• प्रभृति: from (that time) onward
• प्रभृति: Kāla/Avadhi (Starting point)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रभृति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, आरम्भवाचक (from/since)

• तत्-तीर्थम्: that tīrtha (holy ford/place)
• तत्-तीर्थम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (of implied ‘became/was called’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (तत् एव तीर्थम्)

• करोडी: (named) ‘Karoḍī’
• करोडी: Prātipadika-nāma (Predicate name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: करोडी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम (proper name as appellation)

• इति: thus
• इति: Vākyaprayojaka (Quotative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, उद्धरण/नामनिर्देशार्थक (quotative particle)

• मही-तले: on the surface of the earth
• मही-तले: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही (प्रातिपदिक) + तल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (महीयाः तलम्)

Speaker

Deductive (Revā Khaṇḍa narrator speaking to a royal listener)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Karoḍī-tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pāṇḍunandana (as addressed in the next verse; likely the same addressee context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A mythic battlefield near the river: a vast host of Dānavas falls; the riverbank becomes a sanctified ford, later called Karoḍī, with a shrine rising as a marker of victory and protection.

Characters & Entities

• Dānava
• Karoḍī Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places become powerful through divine events; their very names preserve sacred history and inspire faith.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Karoḍī Tīrtha, a sacred ford associated with the Revā/Narmadā sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed here; the verse explains the tīrtha’s name-origin and fame.