Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

तदाप्रभृति विप्रेंद्र तत्स्थानं भुवि पप्रथे । कार्तिक्यां तु विशेषेण यात्रा सांवत्सरी भवेत्

Transliteration

tadāprabhṛti vipreṃdra tatsthānaṃ bhuvi paprathe | kārtikyāṃ tu viśeṣeṇa yātrā sāṃvatsarī bhavet

Translation

ਉਸ ਸਮੇਂ ਤੋਂ, ਹੇ ਵਿਪ੍ਰਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਸ਼੍ਰੇਸ਼ਠ, ਉਹ ਪਵਿੱਤਰ ਸਥਾਨ ਧਰਤੀ ਉੱਤੇ ਪ੍ਰਸਿੱਧ ਹੋ ਗਿਆ। ਕਾਰਤਿਕ ਮਹੀਨੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਵਿਸ਼ੇਸ਼ ਕਰਕੇ ਉੱਥੇ ਦੀ ਯਾਤਰਾ ਸਾਲਾਨਾ ਵਰਤ ਵਾਂਗ ਹੁੰਦੀ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kriya-visheshana (Temporal/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (then)

• prabhṛti: from (that time) onward
• prabhṛti: Kriya-visheshana (Temporal/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prabhṛti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आरम्भबोधक (from, starting from)

• viprendra: O best of Brahmins
• viprendra: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra-indra (प्रातिपदिक; विप्र + इन्द्र)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—विप्राणाम् इन्द्रः

• tatsthānam: that place
• tatsthānam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tat-sthāna (प्रातिपदिक; तत् + स्थान)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• bhuvi: on earth
• bhuvi: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhū (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• paprathe: became renowned/spread
• paprathe: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√prath (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपदम्

• kārtikyām: in (the month of) Kārtikī
• kārtikyām: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārtikī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; मास/कालवाचक

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण/विरोधसूचक (but/indeed)

• viśeṣeṇa: especially
• viśeṣeṇa: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: viśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-एकवचनरूपेण अव्ययीभावः (instrumental used adverbially): ‘especially’

• yātrā: the pilgrimage
• yātrā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yātrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• sāṃvatsarī: annual
• sāṃvatsarī: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sāṃvatsarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (यात्रायाः)

• bhavet: would be/should become
• bhavet: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Agastya (addressing a brāhmaṇa interlocutor; likely Vyāsa in context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra (annual yātrā focus)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: viprendra (best of brāhmaṇas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred map-like vision of Ayodhyā becoming renowned, with pilgrims arriving in Kārtika—lamps, banners, and orderly processions.

Characters & Entities

• Kārtika (month)
• Ayodhyā (implied tīrtha locale)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred time amplifies sacred place: Kārtika is highlighted as a powerful period for tīrtha-yātrā and devotional merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The renowned tīrtha-place in Ayodhyā connected with the earlier saṅgama and Guptahari worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Undertake the yātrā particularly in Kārtika as a yearly religious observance.