Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 38
Devanagari script
गतेषु देवदेवेषु देवराजः शतक्रतुः । स्थापयित्वा महादेवं जगाम त्रिदशालयम्
Transliteration
gateṣu devadeveṣu devarājaḥ śatakratuḥ | sthāpayitvā mahādevaṃ jagāma tridaśālayam
Translation
ครั้นเมื่อเทวเทพทั้งหลายเสด็จไปแล้ว พระอินทร์ผู้เป็นเทวราช ผู้ประกอบยัญญ์ร้อยครั้ง ได้สถาปนาพระมหาเทวะไว้ ณ ที่นั้น แล้วเสด็จไปยังเทวาลัยแห่งไตรทศะ
Word by Word
गतेषुwhen (they) had gone
गतेषु:
Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootगत (कृदन्त; गम्-धातु)
Formभूतकृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), बहुवचन; विशेषण
देवदेवेषुamong the gods of gods (the great gods)
देवदेवेषु:
Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव-देव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (देवानां देवाः)
देवराजःking of the gods
देवराजः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव-राज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (देवानाम् राजा)
शतक्रतुःŚatakratu (Indra)
शतक्रतुः:
Apposition (Same as subject/समाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootशत-क्रतु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (शतम् क्रतवः यस्य/शतक्रतुः—इन्द्रस्य नाम)
स्थापयित्वाhaving established
स्थापयित्वा:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive), पूर्वकाल; णिजन्त
महादेवम्Mahādeva (Śiva)
महादेवम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमहा-देव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महान् देवः)
जगामwent
जगाम:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
त्रिदशालयम्abode of the thirty gods (heaven)
त्रिदशालयम्:
Karma (Goal/Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootत्रिदश-आलय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (त्रिदशानाम् आलयः)
Speaker
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; context within Revā Khaṇḍa)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Indratīrtha
Type: ghat
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Indra completes the establishment of Mahādeva at the tīrtha and then departs to Svarga, the abode of the Thirty gods.
Characters & Entities
I
Indra (Śatakratu)M
Mahādeva (Śiva)T
Tridaśa (gods)FAQs
Tīrthas gain enduring power through divine installation and the sanctifying acts of exalted beings.
Indratīrtha, where Mahādeva is said to have been established.
Sthāpanā/Pratiṣṭhā—installation of Mahādeva at the tīrtha.