Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

गतेषु तेषु सर्वेषु स्थापयामास चाच्युतम् । माण्डव्येश्वरनामानं नारायण इति स्मृतम्

Transliteration

gateṣu teṣu sarveṣu sthāpayāmāsa cācyutam | māṇḍavyeśvaranāmānaṃ nārāyaṇa iti smṛtam

Translation

جب وہ سب روانہ ہو گئے تو اس نے وہاں اچیوت (ناقابلِ زوال) پرمیشور کی پرتِشٹھا کی—جو نارائن کے نام سے یاد کیے جاتے ہیں اور ماندویہیشور کے نام سے مشہور ہیں۔

Word by Word

• gateṣu: when (they) had gone
• gateṣu: Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute/सप्तमी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √gam (धातु) + gata (कृत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘गत’—सप्तमी-सम्बन्धे (locative absolute sense)

• teṣu: among them/when they
• teṣu: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• sarveṣu: all (of them)
• sarveṣu: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; विशेषण (तेषु)

• sthāpayāmāsa: installed/caused to be placed
• sthāpayāmāsa: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (धातु) + causative (णिच्) sthāpaya + √as (धातु) (periphrastic perfect)
• Form: लिट् (Periphrastic Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative)

• ca: and
• ca: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (and)

• acyutam: Acyuta (Viṣṇu)
• acyutam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: acyuta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विष्णोर्नाम

• māṇḍavya-īśvara-nāmānam: having the name ‘Māṇḍavyeśvara’
• māṇḍavya-īśvara-nāmānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: māṇḍavya (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (माण्डव्येश्वर इति नाम यस्य/नामानम्) विशेषण (acyutam)

• nārāyaṇaḥ: Nārāyaṇa
• nārāyaṇaḥ: Karta/Predicate nominal (उपपद)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; नाम-निर्देश (apposition)

• iti: thus/as
• iti: Quotation marker (इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-कार (quotation marker)

• smṛtam: is remembered/called
• smṛtam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √smṛ (धातु) + smṛta (कृत्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त) ‘स्मृत’—विधेय (is called/known)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Purāṇic narration style within Āvantya/Revā material)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Māṇḍavyeśvara (Nārāyaṇa/Acyuta)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After the assembly disperses, the sage performs installation: a serene image of Acyuta/Nārāyaṇa is set upon a pedestal; lamps, kalasha, flowers, and mantra-gesture; the shrine is named Māṇḍavyeśvara.

Characters & Entities

• Acyuta
• Nārāyaṇa
• Māṇḍavyeśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Establishing the Lord at a holy place (pratiṣṭhā) is presented as a lasting act of dharma that sanctifies the region and supports devotion for future pilgrims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Māṇḍavyeśvara/Nārāyaṇa sacred spot within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s Narmadā tīrtha landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Deity installation (pratiṣṭhā/sthāpanā) of Acyuta—Nārāyaṇa under the name Māṇḍavyeśvara.