Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

व्यासतीर्थं विशेषेण लवमात्रं ब्रवीम्यतः । प्रत्यक्षः प्रत्ययो यत्र दृश्यतेऽद्य कलौ युगे

Transliteration

vyāsatīrthaṃ viśeṣeṇa lavamātraṃ bravīmyataḥ | pratyakṣaḥ pratyayo yatra dṛśyate'dya kalau yuge

Translation

ฉะนั้นข้าพเจ้าจักกล่าวถึง “วยาสติรถะ” โดยเฉพาะเพียงเล็กน้อยเท่านั้น เพราะที่นั่น แม้ในกาลียุค ณ วันนี้ ก็ปรากฏหลักฐานประจักษ์และความแน่ชัดให้เห็น

Word by Word

• व्यासतीर्थम्: Vyāsa-tīrtha (a sacred ford/place)
• व्यासतीर्थम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (व्यासस्य तीर्थम्)

• विशेषेण: especially/in particular
• विशेषेण: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोग (adverbial instrumental)

• लवमात्रम्: only a little/just a moment
• लवमात्रम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लव (प्रातिपदिक) + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (लव-परिमाणम्)

• ब्रवीमि: I say/tell
• ब्रवीमि: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन

• अतः: therefore/for this reason
• अतः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Causal link)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतु/तस्मात्-अर्थे अव्यय (indeclinable: therefore/from this)

• प्रत्यक्षः: direct/visible
• प्रत्यक्षः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रत्यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying प्रत्ययः)

• प्रत्ययः: proof/conviction
• प्रत्ययः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रत्यय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्ध-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• दृश्यते: is seen/appears
• दृश्यते: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive/appears)

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Kala (काल/Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: काल-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• कलौ: in Kali (age)
• कलौ: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location-Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• युगे: in the age/epoch
• युगे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location-Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified narrator/elder speaker (teaching about Vyāsatīrtha)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vyāsatīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: narrative audience within the Revā-khaṇḍa dialogue frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The narrator points to Vyāsatīrtha and asserts that its proof is visible even today in Kali-yuga; a didactic gesture toward a riverbank shrine/ghāṭa.

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsatīrtha
• Kali Yuga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrthas can yield ‘visible’ spiritual assurance; faith is strengthened by lived experience and sacred testimony.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vyāsatīrtha, highlighted as especially efficacious even in Kali Yuga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific ritual is stated; the verse introduces a focused account of Vyāsatīrtha’s greatness.