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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

श्रीमार्कण्डेय उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महाराज योजनेश्वरमुत्तमम् । यत्र सिद्धौ पुरा कल्पे नरनारायणावृषी

Transliteration

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca | tato gacchenmahārāja yojaneśvaramuttamam | yatra siddhau purā kalpe naranārāyaṇāvṛṣī

Translation

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya nói: “Sau đó, hỡi Đại vương, nên đến thánh địa tối thắng mang danh Yojaneśvara, nơi trong kiếp xưa hai bậc hiền thánh Nara và Nārāyaṇa đã chứng đắc viên mãn.”

Word by Word
śrī-mārkaṇḍeyaḥthe venerable Mārkaṇḍeya
śrī-mārkaṇḍeyaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśrī (उपपद/प्रातिपदिक) + mārkaṇḍeya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (श्रीमान् मार्कण्डेयः)
uvācasaid
uvāca:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vac वच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (परोक्शभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
tataḥthen, thereafter
tataḥ:
Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रम/अनन्तरबोधक (adverb: thereafter)
gacchetshould go
gacchet:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√gam गम् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
mahā-rājaO great king
mahā-rāja:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक) + rāja (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् राजा)
yojaneśvaramYojaneśvara (lord of Yojana; a sacred place)
yojaneśvaram:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootyojana (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (yojanasya īśvaraḥ)
uttamamexcellent, best
uttamam:
Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootuttama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifies yojaneśvaram)
yatrawhere
yatra:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyatra (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक अव्यय (relative adverb: where)
siddhauin/at Siddhi (a place/state)
siddhau:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsiddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; ‘सिद्धौ’ (locative)
purāformerly, long ago
purā:
Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpurā (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक अव्यय (adverb: formerly)
kalpein a kalpa (aeon)
kalpe:
Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootkalpa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन
nara-nārāyaṇauNara and Nārāyaṇa
nara-nārāyaṇau:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootnara (प्रातिपदिक) + nārāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), द्विवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः
ṛṣīthe two sages
ṛṣī:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), द्विवचन; ‘ऋषी’ (nom. dual)
Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Yojaneśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahārāja (royal listener; likely Yudhiṣṭhira in tīrtha-yātrā setting)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mārkaṇḍeya instructs a king to proceed to Yojaneśvara; in the background, a tīrtha with a liṅga/īśvara shrine and ascetic aura; subtle vision of Nara–Nārāyaṇa in meditation.

Characters & Entities
M
Mārkaṇḍeya
N
Nara
N
Nārāyaṇa
Y
Yojaneśvara

FAQs

Pilgrimage to a sanctified tīrtha is praised as a direct support for attaining siddhi when the place is empowered by the tapas of great sages.

Yojaneśvara Tīrtha, celebrated within the Revā Khaṇḍa (Narmadā region) of the Āvantya Khaṇḍa.

A clear injunction to ‘go’ (gacchet) to the tīrtha; the verse frames the visit as spiritually efficacious due to prior siddhi attained there.

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