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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

श्रीमार्कण्डेय उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महाराज योजनेश्वरमुत्तमम् । यत्र सिद्धौ पुरा कल्पे नरनारायणावृषी

Transliteration

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca | tato gacchenmahārāja yojaneśvaramuttamam | yatra siddhau purā kalpe naranārāyaṇāvṛṣī

Translation

Шри Маркандейя сказал: «Затем, о великий царь, следует отправиться к превосходной святыне, именуемой Йоджанешвара, где в древнем кальпе два риши — Нара и Нараяна — достигли совершенства (сиддхи).»

Word by Word
śrī-mārkaṇḍeyaḥthe venerable Mārkaṇḍeya
śrī-mārkaṇḍeyaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśrī (उपपद/प्रातिपदिक) + mārkaṇḍeya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (श्रीमान् मार्कण्डेयः)
uvācasaid
uvāca:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vac वच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (परोक्शभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
tataḥthen, thereafter
tataḥ:
Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रम/अनन्तरबोधक (adverb: thereafter)
gacchetshould go
gacchet:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√gam गम् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
mahā-rājaO great king
mahā-rāja:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक) + rāja (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् राजा)
yojaneśvaramYojaneśvara (lord of Yojana; a sacred place)
yojaneśvaram:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootyojana (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (yojanasya īśvaraḥ)
uttamamexcellent, best
uttamam:
Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootuttama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifies yojaneśvaram)
yatrawhere
yatra:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyatra (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक अव्यय (relative adverb: where)
siddhauin/at Siddhi (a place/state)
siddhau:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsiddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; ‘सिद्धौ’ (locative)
purāformerly, long ago
purā:
Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpurā (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक अव्यय (adverb: formerly)
kalpein a kalpa (aeon)
kalpe:
Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootkalpa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन
nara-nārāyaṇauNara and Nārāyaṇa
nara-nārāyaṇau:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootnara (प्रातिपदिक) + nārāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), द्विवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः
ṛṣīthe two sages
ṛṣī:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), द्विवचन; ‘ऋषी’ (nom. dual)
Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Yojaneśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahārāja (royal listener; likely Yudhiṣṭhira in tīrtha-yātrā setting)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mārkaṇḍeya instructs a king to proceed to Yojaneśvara; in the background, a tīrtha with a liṅga/īśvara shrine and ascetic aura; subtle vision of Nara–Nārāyaṇa in meditation.

Characters & Entities
M
Mārkaṇḍeya
N
Nara
N
Nārāyaṇa
Y
Yojaneśvara

FAQs

Pilgrimage to a sanctified tīrtha is praised as a direct support for attaining siddhi when the place is empowered by the tapas of great sages.

Yojaneśvara Tīrtha, celebrated within the Revā Khaṇḍa (Narmadā region) of the Āvantya Khaṇḍa.

A clear injunction to ‘go’ (gacchet) to the tīrtha; the verse frames the visit as spiritually efficacious due to prior siddhi attained there.

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