Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

त्वं हि मे शरणं जाता भाग्यशेषेण सुव्रते

Transliteration

tvaṃ hi me śaraṇaṃ jātā bhāgyaśeṣeṇa suvrate

Translation

হে সুৱ্ৰতে নাৰী, মোৰ ভাগ্যৰ অন্তিম অৱশিষ্টৰ বলত তুমিয়েই মোৰ শৰণ হৈছা।

Word by Word

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, उत्तमपुरुषार्थे (2nd person pronoun), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; लिङ्ग-निरपेक्ष

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अवधान/हेतु-बोधक

• मे: of me, my
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (enclitic form)

• शरणम्: refuge, shelter
• शरणम्: Pradhāna-predicative (Predicate/विशेष्य-निर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; here predicate nominative

• जाता: has become
• जाता: Kriyā (Predicative verbal notion)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय) → जात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे ‘become/has become’

• भाग्यशेषेण: by the remaining portion of (my) fortune
• भाग्यशेषेण: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाग्य-शेष (प्रातिपदिक; components: भाग्य + शेष)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; भाग्यस्य शेषः इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

• सुव्रते: O woman of good vows
• सुव्रते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु-व्रत (प्रातिपदिक; components: सु + व्रत)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; ‘सु’ उपसर्ग-पूर्वक गुणवाचक

Speaker

Narrator (rescued brāhmaṇa/devotee)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A distressed devotee addresses a noble-vowed woman as his sole refuge on the banks/stream of Revā; the river’s sanctity is implied, with an atmosphere of urgency and surrender.

Characters & Entities

• Revā (Narmadā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Meeting the saving divine presence is portrayed as the fruit of accumulated puṇya; refuge in the sacred is the path out of fear.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Revā/Narmadā as the ultimate śaraṇa (refuge) for the devotee.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the emphasis is on śaraṇāgati and the role of prior merit.