Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 139

Devanagari script

अम्बरीषस्य तीर्थं च महाकालेश्वरं तथा । कावेर्याः पूर्वभागे च तीर्थं वै मातृकेश्वरम्

Transliteration

ambarīṣasya tīrthaṃ ca mahākāleśvaraṃ tathā | kāveryāḥ pūrvabhāge ca tīrthaṃ vai mātṛkeśvaram

Translation

ที่นั่นมีทิรถะของอัมพรีษะ และยังมีมหากาเลศวรด้วย; ส่วนด้านตะวันออกของแม่น้ำกาเวรี มีทิรถะชื่อมาตฤเกศวร

Word by Word

• अम्बरीषस्य: of Ambarīṣa
• अम्बरीषस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बरीष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-निर्देश (of Ambarīṣa)

• तीर्थम्: a sacred place (tīrtha)
• तीर्थम्: Karma/Predicate Noun (कर्म/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन; नामनिर्देश (a sacred ford/place)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• महाकालेश्वरम्: Mahākāleśvara (Lord of Mahākāla)
• महाकालेश्वरम्: Karma/Predicate Noun (कर्म/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाकाल + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (महाकालस्य ईश्वरः) नाम (Mahākāleśvara)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Avyaya (Modifier/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थ (adverb: likewise/also)

• कावेर्याः: of Kāverī
• कावेर्याः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कावेरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-निर्देश (of Kāverī)

• पूर्वभागे: in the eastern part
• पूर्वभागे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्व + भाग (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः (पूर्वः भागः) स्थाननिर्देश

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• तीर्थम्: a sacred place (tīrtha)
• तीर्थम्: Karma/Predicate Noun (कर्म/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Avyaya (Emphasis/निश्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय/पादपूरण (particle: indeed)

• मातृकेश्वरम्: Mātṛkeśvara (Lord of the Mothers)
• मातृकेश्वरम्: Karma/Predicate Noun (कर्म/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृका + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मातृकाणाम् ईश्वरः) नाम (Mātṛkeśvara)

Speaker

Śiva (Śaṅkara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ambarīṣa-tīrtha; Mahākāleśvara; Mātṛkeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-map tableau: the Revā flowing broad; on one bank small shrines labeled Ambarīṣa-tīrtha and Mahākāleśvara; to the east of a tributary/stream called Kāverī stands Mātṛkeśvara shrine beneath trees, with sādhus guiding travelers.

Characters & Entities

• Ambarīṣa
• Mahākāleśvara
• Kāverī
• Mātṛkeśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is guided by remembered sacred toponyms—saints, forms of Śiva, and river-banks structure the devotee’s route.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ambarīṣa-tīrtha, Mahākāleśvara, and Mātṛkeśvara (east of the Kāverī).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not explicit; the verse functions as a tīrtha-catalog within the māhātmya.