Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

आदित्येश्वरमायाताः प्रसङ्गादृषिपुंगवाः । वृक्षैः संछादितं शुभ्रं धवतिन्दुकपाटलैः

Transliteration

ādityeśvaramāyātāḥ prasaṅgādṛṣipuṃgavāḥ | vṛkṣaiḥ saṃchāditaṃ śubhraṃ dhavatindukapāṭalaiḥ

Translation

ด้วยกระแสแห่งเรื่องราวที่ดำเนินไป เหล่าฤษีผู้ประเสริฐได้มาถึงอาทิตเยศวร แล้วได้เห็นแดนศักดิ์สิทธิ์อันผ่องสว่าง ถูกคลุมด้วยร่มไม้ธวะ ตินทุกะ และปาฏละ งามเป็นมงคลยิ่ง

Word by Word

• āditya-īśvaram: to Ādityeśvara (a shrine/place)
• āditya-īśvaram: Karma (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āditya (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; गन्तव्य-स्थान (to Ādityeśvara)

• āyātāḥ: came, arrived
• āyātāḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā + √yā (या) (धातु) → आयात (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकालिक-कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘आगताः’ (having come)

• prasaṅgāt: incidentally, due to occasion
• prasaṅgāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasaṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (because of/incidentally)

• ṛṣi-puṃgavāḥ: the foremost sages
• ṛṣi-puṃgavāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक) + puṃgava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘ऋषीणां पुंगवाः’ (best of sages)

• vṛkṣaiḥ: by trees
• vṛkṣaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛkṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• saṃchāditam: covered
• saṃchāditam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam + √chad (छद्) (धातु) → संछादित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकालिक-कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (covered)

• śubhram: bright, white, pure
• śubhram: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubhra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• dhava-tinduka-pāṭalaiḥ: by dhava, tinduka, and pāṭala (trees)
• dhava-tinduka-pāṭalaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhava (प्रातिपदिक) + tinduka (प्रातिपदिक) + pāṭala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (dhava, tinduka, and pāṭala trees)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) [deduced: Purāṇic narration to sages in a māhātmya setting]

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ādityeśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Foremost sages arrive at Ādityeśvara: a bright, white-radiant sacred precinct under a canopy of dhava, tinduka, and pāṭala trees; the shrine glows as if touched by sunlight filtered through leaves.

Characters & Entities

• Ādityeśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha is recognized not only by doctrine but by its auspicious, sanctifying environment—nature itself becomes a sign of sacred presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ādityeśvara-tīrtha, presented within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s pilgrimage geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated here; the verse functions as a māhātmya-style scene-setting for the tīrtha.