Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

त्वया चात्र सदा देवि स्थातव्यं तीर्थसन्निधौ मार्कण्डेय उवाच । एवं भविष्यतीत्युक्त्वा देवी देवैरभिष्टुता

Transliteration

tvayā cātra sadā devi sthātavyaṃ tīrthasannidhau mārkaṇḍeya uvāca | evaṃ bhaviṣyatītyuktvā devī devairabhiṣṭutā

Translation

“E tu, ó Devī, deves permanecer aqui para sempre, junto a este tīrtha sagrado.” Disse Mārkaṇḍeya: Tendo ela respondido: “Assim será”, a Deusa—louvada pelos deuses—(aceitou o encargo).

Word by Word

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ca: and
• ca: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• devi: O Goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• sthātavyam: should stay / is to be stayed
• sthātavyam: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु; √sthā/स्था) + tavya (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तव्यत्-कृदन्त (gerundive/obligatory), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भावे प्रयोगः—‘स्थातव्यम्’ = it is to be stayed/should stay

• tīrthasannidhau: near the sacred ford/place of pilgrimage
• tīrthasannidhau: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha + sannidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (tīrthasya sannidhiḥ)

• mārkaṇḍeyaḥ: Mārkaṇḍeya
• mārkaṇḍeyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mārkaṇḍeya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• evam: thus
• evam: Modifier (प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• bhaviṣyati: it will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु; √bhū/भू)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/लृट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• iti: (saying) ‘thus’
• iti: Discourse marker (इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• uktvā: having said
• uktvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु; √vac/वच्)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘having said’

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

• devaiḥ: by the gods
• devaiḥ: Karana/Agent-in-passive (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• abhiṣṭutā: praised
• abhiṣṭutā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: abhiṣṭuta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √stu/स्तु + abhi)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); विशेषणम् (to devī)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (Devī-sannidhi)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpa-śreṣṭha (best of kings)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vow-like request that the Goddess remain by the sacred ford; Mārkaṇḍeya narrates as gods praise her; Devī assents.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Devas
• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha becomes spiritually potent when the Divine is invoked to abide there as a living presence and protector.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha within the Revā-khaṇḍa context, where the Goddess is asked to remain in perpetual proximity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is detailed here; it establishes the Goddess’s perpetual residence at the tīrtha (a basis for later worship and snāna).