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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

अकामकामाश्च तथा सकामा रेवान्तमाश्रित्य म्रियन्ति तीरे । जडान्धमूकास्त्रिदिवं प्रयान्ति किमत्र विप्रा भवभावयुक्ताः

Transliteration

akāmakāmāśca tathā sakāmā revāntamāśritya mriyanti tīre | jaḍāndhamūkāstridivaṃ prayānti kimatra viprā bhavabhāvayuktāḥ

Translation

سواء كانوا بلا شهوة أو مملوئين بالشهوات، فالذين يلجأون إلى أقصى ديار رِيفَا ويموتون على ضفتها—حتى الغليظ والضرير والأخرس—يمضون إلى السماء. فماذا يُستغرب إذن، يا معشر البراهمة، ممن اتصفوا بالاستقامة في العبادة؟

Word by Word
akāma-kāmāḥdesireless (without desires)
akāma-kāmāḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Roota-kāma (प्रातिपदिक) + kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (अकामाः कामाः इव/अकामाः) अर्थे ‘निष्कामाः’
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)
tathālikewise
tathā:
Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: likewise)
sakāmāḥdesirous (with desires)
sakāmāḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootsa-kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन; ‘कामयुक्ताः’
revā-antamthe end/region of Revā (Narmadā)
revā-antam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootrevā (प्रातिपदिक) + anta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (रेवायाः अन्तः/अन्तम्)
āśrityahaving taken refuge (in)
āśritya:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Gerundial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootā√śri (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; having resorted to
mriyantidie
mriyanti:
Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√mṛ (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; Present 3rd pl. (they die)
tīreon the bank
tīre:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roottīra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (प्रयोगे), सप्तमी एकवचन; Locative singular (on the bank)
jaḍa-andha-mūkāḥdull, blind, and mute (even such people)
jaḍa-andha-mūkāḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootjaḍa (प्रातिपदिक) + andha (प्रातिपदिक) + mūka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (जडाश्च अन्धाश्च मूकाश्च)
tridivamto heaven
tridivam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottridiva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन
prayāntigo/attain
prayānti:
Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra√yā (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन
kimwhat (then?)
kim:
Sambandha (Interrogative/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative particle)
atrahere/in this case
atra:
Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatra (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: here/in this matter)
viprāḥbrāhmaṇas
viprāḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvipra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन
bhava-bhāva-yuktāḥendowed with worldly disposition (attached to becoming)
bhava-bhāva-yuktāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootbhava (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāva (प्रातिपदिक) + yukta (कृदन्त; √yuj)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (भवस्य भावेन युक्ताः)
Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā (Revānta region)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: viprāḥ (brāhmaṇas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims of varied conditions—desireless and desirous, disabled and simple—resting on the Narmadā bank; at death, subtle luminous forms rise toward heaven while brāhmaṇas witness in awe.

Characters & Entities
R
Revā (Narmadā)
T
Tridiva (Heaven)
V
Vipra (Brāhmaṇas)

FAQs

Revā’s refuge is depicted as overwhelmingly salvific; inner devotion only strengthens an already potent sacred support.

Revā’s tīra (banks) and the ‘Revānta’ sacred region associated with Narmadā.

Taking refuge/residing at Revā and dying on her bank is presented as spiritually efficacious; no detailed ritual is specified.

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