Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

तत्रैव मातृतीर्थं च मुनिनोक्तं मुनीश्वराः । शङ्खचूडं च केदारं पाराशरमतः परम्

Transliteration

tatraiva mātṛtīrthaṃ ca muninoktaṃ munīśvarāḥ | śaṅkhacūḍaṃ ca kedāraṃ pārāśaramataḥ param

Translation

وہیں ماترِ تیرتھ ہے، جس کا ذکر رشیوں نے کیا ہے، اے منیوں کے سردارو۔ نیز شنکھچوڑ نامی مقام اور کیدار؛ اس کے بعد پاراشر (دھام)۔

Word by Word

• तत्रैव: right there, in that very place
• तत्रैव: Sambandha (Location/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र + एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय-समुच्चय (adverb + particle)

• मातृतीर्थम्: Mātṛ-tīrtha (name)
• मातृतीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ-तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• मुनिनोक्तम्: spoken/declared by the sage
• मुनिनोक्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुनि-उक्त (प्रातिपदिक; समास/कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'मुनिना उक्तम्' इति तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः; उक्त = √वच् (धातु) क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• मुनीश्वराः: lords among sages (great sages)
• मुनीश्वराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; 'मुनीनां ईश्वराः/मुनय एव ईश्वराः' (महामुनयः) संबोधन/प्रथमा-बहुवचन (contextually vocative possible)

• शङ्खचूडम्: Śaṅkhacūḍa (name)
• शङ्खचूडम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्ख-चूड (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (शङ्ख इव चूडः यस्य/शङ्खचूड-नाम)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• केदारम्: Kedāra (name)
• केदारम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केदार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• पाराशरम्: Pārāśara (name)
• पाराशरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पराशर-सम्बन्धिन् 'पाराशर' (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; पाराशर = पराशर-गोत्र/पराशर-सम्बन्धि (patronymic)

• अतः: thereafter
• अतः: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb; 'thereafter/from there')

• परम्: further, next
• परम्: Sambandha (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् 'further/next'

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced; vocative 'munīśvarāḥ' fits Sūta addressing assembled sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mātṛtīrtha; Śaṅkhacūḍa; Kedāra; Pārāśara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-led group pauses at Mātṛtīrtha where a Devī shrine stands beside a liṅga; a nearby spot marked Śaṅkhacūḍa with a conch emblem and subdued guardian imagery; Kedāra shrine with mountain motif; Pārāśara shrine with an elderly sage holding a manuscript, blessing pilgrims.

Characters & Entities

• Mātṛ-tīrtha
• Śaṅkhacūḍa
• Kedāra
• Pārāśara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha tradition is validated by ṛṣi-testimony; sacred places endure as dharma because they are remembered and transmitted by sages.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mātṛ-tīrtha, Śaṅkhacūḍa, Kedāra, and Pārāśara as stations in the Revā Khaṇḍa sacred itinerary.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the emphasis is on authoritative remembrance (muninokta) and visitation.