Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

तस्यैवानन्तरं राजन्कौबेरं तीर्थमुत्तमम् । कुबेरो यत्र संसिद्धो यक्षाणामधिपः पुरा

Transliteration

tasyaivānantaraṃ rājankauberaṃ tīrthamuttamam | kubero yatra saṃsiddho yakṣāṇāmadhipaḥ purā

Translation

اس کے فوراً بعد، اے راجَن، کَوبیر تیرتھ ہے جو نہایت اُتم ہے؛ جہاں قدیم زمانے میں یَکشوں کے ادھیپتی کُبیر نے سِدھی پائی تھی۔

Word by Word

• तस्य: of that/thereafter
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive singular

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• अनन्तरम्: immediately after
• अनन्तरम्: Sambandha (Temporal adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb), ‘immediately after’

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Vocative singular

• कौबेरम्: (the) Kubera-related
• कौबेरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कौबेर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणं ‘तीर्थम्’

• तीर्थम्: sacred ford/pilgrimage spot
• तीर्थम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Object (understood ‘(there is)’)

• उत्तमम्: excellent
• उत्तमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणं ‘तीर्थम्’

• कुबेरः: Kubera
• कुबेरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुबेर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Subject

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

• संसिद्धः: was perfected/accomplished
• संसिद्धः: Karta (Predicate adjective of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + सिध् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘fully accomplished/attained perfection’

• यक्षाणाम्: of the Yakṣas
• यक्षाणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Genitive plural

• अधिपः: lord
• अधिपः: Karta (Appositional subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधिप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; apposition to ‘कुबेरः’

• पुरा: formerly/once
• पुरा: Sambandha (Temporal adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kaubera-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājan (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A riverbank shrine-marker naming ‘Kaubera-tīrtha’; Kubera depicted as a regal yakṣa-king with mace/money-pot, attended by yakṣas; pilgrims arriving from the previous ghāṭa.

Characters & Entities

• Kaubera-tīrtha
• Kubera
• Yakṣas
• Mahīpāla (King)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places preserve the memory of divine accomplishments; visiting them connects the pilgrim to those perfected energies.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kaubera-tīrtha, associated with Kubera, lord of the Yakṣas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The instruction is to proceed next to Kaubera-tīrtha; specific rites are detailed in the following verses.