Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

यदैव मम देहात्त्वं समुद्भूता वरानने । तदैव सर्वपापानां मोचिनी त्वं न संशयः

Transliteration

yadaiva mama dehāttvaṃ samudbhūtā varānane | tadaiva sarvapāpānāṃ mocinī tvaṃ na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

منذ اللحظةِ التي انبثقتِ فيها من جسدي، يا حسنةَ الوجه، فمنذ ذلك الحينِ أنتِ مُخلِّصةٌ من جميعِ الخطايا؛ لا ريبَ في ذلك.

Word by Word

• यदा: when
• यदा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: ‘when’)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle: ‘indeed/just’)

• मम: of me, my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• देहात्: from (my) body
• देहात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; अपादान (ablative: ‘from the body’)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्ता

• समुद्भूता: arisen, originated
• समुद्भूता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समुद्-भूत (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त—भू धातोः क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; कर्तृ-विशेषण—‘त्वम्’

• वरानने: O fair-faced one
• वरानने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर-आनन (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; ‘वरं आननं यस्याः’ इति; संबोधन-पद

• तदा: then
• तदा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (correlative adverb: ‘then’)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• सर्वपापानाम्: of all sins
• सर्वपापानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-पाप (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• मोचिनी: liberator, remover
• मोचिनी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोचिनी (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त—मुच् धातोः णिनि/इनी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृवाचक-नाम (agent noun)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्ता (पुनरुक्त-प्रयोगः)

• न: no, not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-निपात (negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विधेय (predicate noun)

Speaker

Śiva (Maheśa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Narmadā (addressed as varānane)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Cosmic emergence: from Śiva’s luminous form, Revā manifests as a flowing goddess-river, immediately radiating purity; attendants (gaṇas, sages) witness the birth of the sacred river.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Narmadā (as emerging from Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s purifying power is grounded in divine origin—Narmadā’s sanctity is intrinsic because she arises from Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Narmadā/Revā as a Śiva-sambhūtā (Śiva-origin) river, hence universally purifying.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly supports snāna and tīrtha-sevā as sin-removing due to the river’s Śaiva origin.