Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

एष तत्सम्भवस्तात दारुतीर्थस्य सुव्रत । कथितोऽयं मया पूर्वं यथा मे शङ्करोऽब्रवीत्

Transliteration

eṣa tatsambhavastāta dārutīrthasya suvrata | kathito'yaṃ mayā pūrvaṃ yathā me śaṅkaro'bravīt

Translation

ดูลูกรัก ผู้มั่นคงในพรตอันดี นี่แลคือกำเนิดแห่งทารุตีรถะ ข้าพเจ้าได้เล่าไว้ก่อนแล้ว ตามที่พระศังกระเคยตรัสบอกแก่ข้าพเจ้า

Word by Word

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एष (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचनम् — Demonstrative pronoun, nominative singular masculine

• तत्सम्भवः: its origin, that account of origin
• तत्सम्भवः: Pradhana/Predicate nominative (विशेष्य/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम) + सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचनम् — Nominative singular masculine; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (तस्य सम्भवः = its origin)

• तात: dear one, son
• तात: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; सम्बोधन-विभक्ति; एकवचनम् — Vocative singular masculine (address)

• दारुतीर्थस्य: of (the) Dāru-tīrtha
• दारुतीर्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दारु + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति; एकवचनम् — Genitive singular neuter; समासः तत्पुरुषः (दारु-तीर्थ = ‘Dāru-tīrtha’ proper name)

• सुव्रत: O good-vowed one
• सुव्रत: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; सम्बोधन-विभक्ति; एकवचनम् — Vocative singular masculine; समासः कर्मधारयः (सु-व्रत = good-vowed)

• कथितः: has been told
• कथितः: Pradhana/Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु √कथ्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृत् (past participle, passive sense); प्रथमा-एकवचनम्; पुल्लिङ्ग — ‘told/related’, nominative singular masculine

• अयम्: this (account)
• अयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचनम् — Pronoun, nominative singular masculine

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; एकवचनम् — Instrumental singular ‘by me’

• पूर्वम्: previously
• पूर्वम्: Adhikarana/Temporal (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययभाव)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — adverb ‘formerly/before’

• यथा: as, in the manner that
• यथा: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सम्बन्ध/उपमान/प्रकारवाचक) — ‘as/according to how’

• मे: to me / my
• मे: Sampradana/Sambandha (Dative/Genitive nuance)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति; एकवचनम् — Genitive singular ‘of me/to me’ (enclitic)

• शङ्करः: Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• शङ्करः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचनम् — Nominative singular masculine

• अब्रवीत्: said, spoke
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु √ब्रू)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत); परस्मैपदम्; प्रथम-पुरुष; एकवचनम् — Imperfect, 3rd person singular active

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dārutīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (addressed as ‘tāta’, ‘suvrata’ in narrative register)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage addresses a disciplined listener (‘suvrata’), recounting the origin of Dārutīrtha, with Śaṅkara’s presence implied as a prior teacher in the lineage.

Characters & Entities

• Dārutīrtha
• Śaṅkara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s greatness is preserved through authoritative transmission—saints recount what the Lord himself revealed.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dārutīrtha is explicitly named and its origin is being concluded.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it serves as a narrative seal on the tīrtha’s origin.