Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

त्वया सह भविष्यामि एकेनांशेन सुव्रते । महापातकयुक्तानामौषधं त्वं भविष्यसि

Transliteration

tvayā saha bhaviṣyāmi ekenāṃśena suvrate | mahāpātakayuktānāmauṣadhaṃ tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi

Translation

يا ذاتَ النذورِ الفاضلة، سأكون معكِ بجزءٍ من ذاتي. ولمن أثقلتهم الكبائر ستكونين الدواء والشفاء.

Word by Word

• त्वया: with you (by you)
• त्वया: Sahakarana (Association/सहकारण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakarana (Association/सहकारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक उपसर्गवत् (postposition: with)

• भविष्यामि: I shall be
• भविष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future); उत्तमपुरुष (1st person); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• एकेन: with one
• एकेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचन; अंशेन इति विशेषण

• अंशेन: portion, part
• अंशेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचन

• सुव्रते: O woman of good vows
• सुव्रते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative); एकवचन; कर्मधारय (सुन्दरं व्रतं यस्याः/या)

• महापातकयुक्तानाम्: of those afflicted with great sins
• महापातकयुक्तानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महापातक + युक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (महापातकेन युक्ताः)

• औषधम्: medicine, remedy
• औषधम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: औषध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• भविष्यसि: you will be
• भविष्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future); मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śiva (Mahādeva)

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Narmadā (Revā)
• Mahāpātaka (great sins)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha becomes supremely purifying when divinity abides in it; Śiva’s partial presence makes Narmadā a healing force for grave karmic burdens.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Narmadā (Revā) as a Śaiva tīrtha where Śiva is declared to be specially present.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is named; the implication is that contact with the river—especially snāna and devotion—acts as ‘medicine’ for sin.