Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

नमोऽस्तु ते पुण्यजले नमो मकरगामिनि । नमस्ते पापमोचिन्यै नमो देवि वरानने

Transliteration

namo'stu te puṇyajale namo makaragāmini | namaste pāpamocinyai namo devi varānane

Translation

السلام لكِ يا ذات المياه المقدّسة؛ السلام لكِ يا من تمضين مع تيار المَكَرَا. السلام لكِ يا مزيلة الآثام؛ السلام لكِ أيتها الإلهة ذات الوجه البهيّ.

Word by Word

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana-related (Salutation/नमस्कार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/उपपद), नमस्कारार्थे

• अस्तु: may it be
• अस्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ते: to you/your
• ते: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचन (enclitic)

• पुण्यजले: O holy-watered one
• पुण्यजले: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य + जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (पुण्यं जलं यस्याः)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana-related (Salutation/नमस्कार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात), नमस्कारार्थे

• मकरगामिनि: O one who moves with/like makaras
• मकरगामिनि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मकर + गामिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (मकरैः/मकरवत् गच्छति)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana-related (Salutation/नमस्कार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात), नमस्कारार्थे

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/Dative) एकवचन (enclitic)

• पापमोचिन्यै: to the remover of sins
• पापमोचिन्यै: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप + मोचिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (पापस्य मोचिनी)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana-related (Salutation/नमस्कार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात), नमस्कारार्थे

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• वरानने: O fair-faced one
• वरानने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर + आनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (वरं आननं यस्याः)

Speaker

Ṛṣis (as narrated by Mārkaṇḍeya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājan (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sages chant ‘namo’stu te’ facing the flowing Narmadā; the river is imagined as a graceful goddess with a serene, beautiful face; aquatic makara motif appears in the current.

Characters & Entities

• Narmadā (Revā)
• Devī
• Makara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional praise of the river-goddess emphasizes her purifying nature and her power to remove sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Narmadā/Revā as a living goddess and purifying tirtha-stream.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Stotra/namaskāra (salutation) is performed; the verse functions as a mantra-like praise for recitation.