Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

हितार्थं सर्वभूतानामृषिभिः स्थापितं पुरा । तपसा तु समुद्धृत्य नर्मदायां महाम्भसि

Transliteration

hitārthaṃ sarvabhūtānāmṛṣibhiḥ sthāpitaṃ purā | tapasā tu samuddhṛtya narmadāyāṃ mahāmbhasi

Translation

تمام جانداروں کی بھلائی کے لیے رشیوں نے اسے قدیم زمانے میں قائم کیا؛ اور تپسیا کے زور سے اسے ابھار کر نرمدا کے عظیم پانیوں میں مستقر کیا۔

Word by Word

• hita-artham: for the sake of welfare
• hita-artham: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hita (√dhā धातु + kta क्त; ‘placed/beneficial’) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (हितस्य अर्थः); पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; प्रयोजनवाचक

• sarva-bhūtānām: of all beings
• sarva-bhūtānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + bhūta (√bhū धातु + kta क्त)
• Form: कर्मधारय (sarvāṇi bhūtāni); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन

• ṛṣibhiḥ: by sages
• ṛṣibhiḥ: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन

• sthāpitam: established
• sthāpitam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (स्था धातु) + ṇic (णिच्) → sthāpaya + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; कर्मणि ‘was established’

• purā: formerly, long ago
• purā: Desha-Kala (Adverbial/देश-काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• tapasā: by austerity
• tapasā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• tu: indeed
• tu: Avyaya (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• samuddhṛtya: having raised up
• samuddhṛtya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√uddhṛ (उद्धृ धातु) + lyap (ल्यप्)
• Form: अव्ययभाव कृदन्त (gerund/ल्यप्), ‘having lifted up/raised’

• narmadāyām: in the Narmadā
• narmadāyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: narmadā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• mahā-ambhasi: in the great waters
• mahā-ambhasi: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + ambhas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (mahat ambhaḥ); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced: Purāṇic narration in Revākhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kahloḍī Tīrtha

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ancient sages perform severe austerities on the Narmadā bank; from their tapas a tīrtha-marker/stone platform emerges or is ‘raised’ into the river’s great waters, signifying consecration.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣis
• Narmadā (Revā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places and rites are founded for universal welfare, and tapas (austerity) is portrayed as a power that manifests sacred presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha situated in the waters of the Narmadā (Revā), within the Revākhaṇḍa context leading into Kapilātīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is prescribed here; it introduces the tīrtha’s sacred origin through the sages’ tapas.