Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

पक्षिजातिविशेषैश्च नित्यं प्रमुदिता नृप । साग्रं कोटिशतं तत्र ऋषीणामिति शुश्रुम

Transliteration

pakṣijātiviśeṣaiśca nityaṃ pramuditā nṛpa | sāgraṃ koṭiśataṃ tatra ṛṣīṇāmiti śuśruma

Translation

ข้าแต่มหาราช ที่นั่นรื่นรมย์อยู่เสมอด้วยหมู่นกนานาพันธุ์; และเราได้ยินมาว่า ณ ที่นั้นมีฤๅษีมากกว่าร้อยโกฏิ

Word by Word

• पक्षि-जाति-विशेषैः: with various kinds of birds
• पक्षि-जाति-विशेषैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्षि (प्रातिपदिक) + जाति (प्रातिपदिक) + विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करण), बहुवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (पक्षिणां जातिविशेषाः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययम्; क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb: always)

• प्रमुदिता: delighted
• प्रमुदिता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-मुदित (कृदन्त; √मुद् (धातु) क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; भूतकर्मणि/भावे कृदन्तः (delighted)

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• स-अग्रम्: with an additional amount; exceeding
• स-अग्रम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश) + अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमासः; क्रियाविशेषणम्/परिमाणवाचकम् (with an excess/over and above)

• कोटि-शतम्: a hundred crores
• कोटि-शतम्: Karma/Pratipadyam (Object/Predicate count)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; संख्यासमासः (कोटीनां शतम्)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; देशवाचक-क्रियाविशेषणम् (there)

• ऋषीणाम्: of sages
• ऋषीणाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचनम्

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्ति-निपातः (thus)

• शुश्रुम: we heard
• शुश्रुम: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), उत्तमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣis
• Kapilā (region)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha is portrayed as a living spiritual ecosystem—filled with sages and auspicious signs like sacred birds.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kapilā/Narmadā forested tract near Amarakanṭaka, famed as a gathering-place of ṛṣis.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse emphasizes the site’s sanctity through the presence of sages.