Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

तत्र स्नात्वा महापापं गमिष्यति ममाज्ञया । उत्पत्य वेगाद्धनुमाञ्छ्रीरेवादक्षिणे तटे

Transliteration

tatra snātvā mahāpāpaṃ gamiṣyati mamājñayā | utpatya vegāddhanumāñchrīrevādakṣiṇe taṭe

Translation

«إذا اغتسلتَ هناك زال الإثم العظيم بأمري.» ثم إنّ هانومان، وثبَ مسرعًا بقوّة، فبلغ الضفّة الجنوبيّة المباركة لنهر ريفا.

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक) = there

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: snā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund) = having bathed

• mahā-pāpam: great sin
• mahā-pāpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; समासः = कर्मधारय (महच्च तत् पापम्)

• gamiṣyati: will go/shall depart (i.e., will be removed)
• gamiṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ājñayā: by (my) command
• ājñayā: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ājñā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• utpatya: having sprung up
• utpatya: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ut-pat (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive) = having leapt up

• vegāt: from/with speed
• vegāt: Apadana/Hetu (Source/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vega (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; अपादानार्थे (source/cause)

• hanumān: Hanumān
• hanumān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hanumat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• śrī-revā-dakṣiṇe: on the southern (bank) of the auspicious Revā
• śrī-revā-dakṣiṇe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + revā (प्रातिपदिक) + dakṣiṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग? (तटे इति पुंलिङ्गस्य विशेषणम्), सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषणम्; समासः = तत्पुरुष (श्रीरेवायाः दक्षिणे)

• taṭe: on the bank
• taṭe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: taṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) for the first line; Narrator for Hanumān’s action (second line)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śrī-Revā (Narmadā) south-bank tīrtha (Somnātha-samīpa)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hanumān launches in a powerful leap, wind-swept and radiant, then lands at the auspicious southern bank where the river gleams; the sense is of immediate karmic relief approaching.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Hanumān
• Revā (Narmadā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha practice becomes effective through faith and divine sanction; snāna at the appointed place is said to dissolve even great sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The southern bank of Revā (Narmadā), at the tīrtha indicated by Śiva near Somanātha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the specified Revā/Narmadā tīrtha for removal of mahāpāpa.