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Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

। नारद उवाच । तथा बहूदकस्थाने कथामाकर्णयाद्भुताम् । यस्माद्बहूदकं कामरूपे यदस्ति च

Transliteration

| nārada uvāca | tathā bahūdakasthāne kathāmākarṇayādbhutām | yasmādbahūdakaṃ kāmarūpe yadasti ca

Translation

Нарада сказал: «Так, в священном месте, именуемом Бахудака, выслушай дивное сказание, ибо в Камарупе существует тиртха, известная как Бахудака».

Word by Word
nāradaḥNārada
nāradaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootnārada (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन
uvācasaid
uvāca:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vac (वच् धातु)
Formलिट् (परोक्सभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
tathāthus/then
tathā:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण
bahūdakasthāneat/in the place called Bahūdaka
bahūdakasthāne:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootbahūdaka (प्रातिपदिक) + sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (बहूदकस्य स्थानम्)
kathāmstory/account
kathām:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkathā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन
ākarṇayātshould hear/listen
ākarṇayāt:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootā-√karṇ (कर्ण् धातु; 'to hear')
Formविधिलिङ् (Potential/Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
adbhutāmwonderful/marvelous
adbhutām:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootadbhuta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; कथाम् इति विशेषणम्
yasmātbecause/from which
yasmāt:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय; हेतुवाचक (ablatival relative: 'because/from which')
bahūdakamBahūdaka (name)
bahūdakam:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbahūdaka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; स्थाननाम
kāmarūpein Kāmarūpa (region)
kāmarūpe:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootkāmarūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (कामस्य रूपम्/कामरूपः—स्थानविशेषः)
yatwhich
yat:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)
astiexists/is
asti:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√as (अस् धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान/Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक
Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bahūdaka

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada, vīṇā in hand, addresses an audience at or about Bahūdaka, inviting them to hear a wondrous tīrtha story set in Kāmarūpa; the landscape hints at lush northeastern rivers and forests.

Characters & Entities
N
Nārada
B
Bahūdaka
K
Kāmarūpa

FAQs

Sacred geography is taught through narration: a tirtha’s very name and location become gateways to dharma and wonder (adbhuta-kathā).

Bahūdaka, a tirtha located in Kāmarūpa.

No explicit ritual is stated here; it functions as an invitation to hear the tirtha-māhātmya.

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