Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

तामयोध्यामथ प्राप्तोऽगस्त्यः कुम्भोद्भवो मुनिः । यात्रार्थं तीर्थमाहात्म्यं ज्ञात्वा स्कन्दप्रसादतः

Transliteration

tāmayodhyāmatha prāpto'gastyaḥ kumbhodbhavo muniḥ | yātrārthaṃ tīrthamāhātmyaṃ jñātvā skandaprasādataḥ

Translation

แล้วฤๅษีอคัสตยะ ผู้บังเกิดจากหม้อ ได้มาถึงอโยธยานั้น; และด้วยพระกรุณาแห่งสกันทะ ท่านจึงได้รู้มหิมาแห่งทีรถะทั้งหลายเพื่อการจาริกแสวงบุญ

Word by Word

• ताम्: that (city)
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अयोध्याम्: Ayodhyā
• अयोध्याम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयोध्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; नगर-नाम

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (then/now)

• प्राप्तः: arrived
• प्राप्तः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√आप् (धातु) → प्राप्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त); क्रियाविशेषणवत्/विधेय (having arrived)

• अगस्त्यः: Agastya
• अगस्त्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अगस्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ऋषि-नाम

• कुम्भ-उद्भवः: pot-born (epithet)
• कुम्भ-उद्भवः: Apposition (Samānādhikaraṇa)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुम्भ-उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (कुम्भात् उद्भवः = born from a pot)

• मुनिः: sage
• मुनिः: Apposition (Samānādhikaraṇa)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• यात्रा-अर्थम्: for the purpose of pilgrimage
• यात्रा-अर्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यात्रा-अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (यात्रायाः अर्थः = purpose of pilgrimage)

• तीर्थ-माहात्म्यम्: the glory of the sacred ford
• तीर्थ-माहात्म्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ-माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (तीर्थस्य माहात्म्यम् = greatness of the tīrtha)

• ज्ञात्वा: having learned/known
• ज्ञात्वा: Purvakala-Kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ज्ञा (धातु) → ज्ञात्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त (क्त्वा/gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having known)

• स्कन्द-प्रसादतः: through Skanda’s grace
• स्कन्द-प्रसादतः: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कन्द-प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (स्कन्दस्य प्रसादः = grace of Skanda); पञ्चमी—हेतु/अपादानार्थ (from/through)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa—Ayodhyāmāhātmya; speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra tīrthas (collective)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Agastya—short, radiant, carrying kamaṇḍalu—arrives at Ayodhyā’s sacred precincts; an unseen Skanda-bestowed light of understanding descends, visualized as a subtle aura or scriptural radiance around the sage.

Characters & Entities

• Ayodhyā
• Agastya
• Skanda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage becomes fruitful when guided by revealed knowledge of tīrtha-māhātmya, obtained through divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ayodhyā and its network of tīrthas, approached by Agastya for yātrā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse frames yātrā (pilgrimage) as the purpose; detailed rites follow in subsequent verses.