Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

इदं स्थानं महाभाग त्वन्नाम्ना ख्यातिमेष्यति

Transliteration

idaṃ sthānaṃ mahābhāga tvannāmnā khyātimeṣyati

Translation

اے نہایت بخت والے! یہ مقدس مقام تمہارے ہی نام سے شہرت پائے گا۔

Word by Word

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; विशेषणरूपेण

• स्थानम्: place
• स्थानम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• महाभाग: O fortunate one
• महाभाग: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; महा + भाग (विशेषणपूर्वक संज्ञा)

• त्वत्-नाम्ना: by your name
• त्वत्-नाम्ना: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (त्वत्-नाम = तव नाम)

• ख्यातिम्: fame, renown
• ख्यातिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: khyāti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• एष्यति: will attain, will come to
• एष्यति: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: i (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Śrībhagavān (implied, continuing the narrative before Agastya’s explicit marker)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Unnamed micro-tīrtha to be known by the devotee’s name (per verse)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Viṣṇuśarmā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Lord prophesies that the sacred spot will become renowned by the devotee’s name, marking the birth of a named tīrtha within Ayodhyā.

Characters & Entities

• Ayodhyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places become living memorials of devotion; the saint’s name and the tīrtha’s power mutually glorify each other.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A sacred spot in Ayodhyā that will be known by the devotee’s name (contextually leading to the later tīrtha narrative).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly in this verse; it establishes the future fame and naming of the place.