Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

आषाढी तु कृता तत्र ह्याषाढीनाम विश्रुतम् । कन्था मुक्ता ततोऽन्यत्र देवेन परमेष्ठिना

Transliteration

āṣāḍhī tu kṛtā tatra hyāṣāḍhīnāma viśrutam | kanthā muktā tato'nyatra devena parameṣṭhinā

Translation

ณ ที่นั้นได้สถาปนา ‘อาษาฒี’ อันเลื่องชื่อในนามอาษาฒี; แล้วต่อมา ณ ที่อื่น พระผู้เป็นใหญ่ปรเมษฐินทรงสละกานถา คือผ้าคลุมเก่าขาดนั้น

Word by Word

• आषाढी: Āṣāḍhī (name)
• आषाढी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आषाढी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तु: but, indeed
• तु: Avyaya (Particle/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/contrast)

• कृता: was made/established
• कृता: Kriya (Result state/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि-भावः

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Avyaya (Particle/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• आषाढीनाम: of the Āṣāḍhīs
• आषाढीनाम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आषाढी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• विश्रुतम्: well-known
• विश्रुतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्रुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (कर्म/वृत्तान्तः implied)

• कन्था: the cloak/patchwork garment
• कन्था: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्था (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• मुक्ता: was released/left behind
• मुक्ता: Kriya (Result state/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि-भावः

• ततः: then, from there
• ततः: Apadana/Temporal (Source/Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/क्रमवाचक (from there/then)

• अन्यत्र: elsewhere
• अन्यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (elsewhere)

• देवेन: by the god
• देवेन: Kartr-karana (Agent in passive/कर्तृकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• परमेष्ठिना: by the Supreme Lord
• परमेष्ठिना: Kartr-karana (Agent in passive/कर्तृकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परमेष्ठिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषण-रूपेण (देवेन)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Āṣāḍhī (and the adjacent kanthā-tyāga-sthala)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (राजेन्द्र)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At one locale the Deva establishes ‘Āṣāḍhī’ (a famed station), and later at another spot He releases/abandons the ragged mantle (kanthā), marking the land with a memorable sign that will become a shrine identity.

Characters & Entities

• Parameṣṭhin (Śiva)
• Āṣāḍhī
• Kanthā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic sacred geography links divine actions to place-names, teaching devotees to remember the Lord through the landscape itself.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Āṣāḍhī (as a renowned spot/name) and the locale connected with the Lord’s kanthā, leading into the Kantheśvara māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse primarily records the founding/naming of a sacred place and the divine act associated with it.