Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 118

Devanagari script

ग्रामं चापि गयत्राडं तत्र ख्यातं भविष्यति । गयत्राडे गयत्राडां येऽर्चयिष्यंति मानवाः

Transliteration

grāmaṃ cāpi gayatrāḍaṃ tatra khyātaṃ bhaviṣyati | gayatrāḍe gayatrāḍāṃ ye'rcayiṣyaṃti mānavāḥ

Translation

Và ngôi làng ấy cũng sẽ nổi danh tại đó với tên “Gayatrāḍa”. Tại Gayatrāḍa, những người nào sẽ thờ phụng Nữ Thần Gayatrāḍā…

Word by Word

• ग्रामम्: village
• ग्रामम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अर्थे 'also/even'

• गयत्राडम्: Gayatrāḍa (place-name)
• गयत्राडम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गयत्राड (प्रातिपदिक; स्थान-नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• ख्यातम्: renowned, famous
• ख्यातम्: Karta (Predicate complement/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ख्या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; Past passive participle, Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Simple future, 3rd person singular

• गयत्राडे: in Gayatrāḍa
• गयत्राडे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गयत्राड (प्रातिपदिक; स्थान-नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Locative, Singular

• गयत्राडाम्: Gayatrāḍā (goddess/figure)
• गयत्राडाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गयत्राडा (प्रातिपदिक; देवी/मूर्ति-नाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Relative pronoun, Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अर्चयिष्यन्ति: will worship
• अर्चयिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; Simple future, 3rd person plural

• मानवाः: people, humans
• मानवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gayatrāḍa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A rustic village being ritually renamed ‘Gayatrāḍa’; villagers and pilgrims offer flowers, lamps, and water at a small shrine of the goddess Gayatrāḍā; banners and kalashas mark a new sacred identity.

Characters & Entities

• Gayatrāḍa (village/place-name)
• Gayatrāḍā (deity/title)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sacred place becomes celebrated through continuous worship, and the place-name itself becomes a vessel of remembrance and merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The village/site known as Gayatrāḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Archana/pūjā of the deity known as Gayatrāḍā at Gayatrāḍa.