Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

सुवर्णरेवा यत्रस्था नदी पातकनाशनी । यत्र साक्षात्स्थितः कृष्णो दामोदर इति स्मृतः

Transliteration

suvarṇarevā yatrasthā nadī pātakanāśanī | yatra sākṣātsthitaḥ kṛṣṇo dāmodara iti smṛtaḥ

Translation

তাত সুৱৰ্ণৰেৱা নামৰ নদী প্ৰবাহিত, যি পাপনাশিনী। আৰু তাত সাক্ষাৎ কৃষ্ণ নিজে অৱস্থিত, ‘দামোদৰ’ নামে স্মৃত।

Word by Word

• सुवर्णरेवा: Suvarṇarevā (golden Revā river)
• सुवर्णरेवा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवर्णरेवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (सुवर्णा + रेवा)

• यत्रस्था: situated there
• यत्रस्था: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय) + स्था (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—अव्ययीभावः (यत्र + स्था = ‘where-situated’); नदी-विशेषणम्

• नदी: river
• नदी: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन

• पातकनाशनी: destroyer of sins
• पातकनाशनी: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पातकनाशनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पातकस्य नाशनी)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्ध/देशवाचक (relative adverb: where)

• साक्षात्: directly; manifestly
• साक्षात्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साक्षात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (directly, in person)

• स्थितः: abides; stands
• स्थितः: Karta (Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past active participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तरि—‘standing/abiding’

• कृष्णः: Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन

• दामोदरः: Dāmodara
• दामोदरः: Predicate nominative (नाम)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दामोदर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपाधि/नाम

• इति: thus
• इति: Discourse marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरणसूचक

• स्मृतः: is known as
• स्मृतः: Predicate (भाव/कर्मणि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि—‘is remembered/called’

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Suvarṇarevā

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A golden-tinged river (Suvarṇarevā) flows at the foot of Raivataka; pilgrims bathe and offer water; above or beside the riverbank, Kṛṣṇa as Dāmodara appears as a tangible presence, blessing the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Suvarṇarevā (river)
• Kṛṣṇa
• Dāmodara
• Vastrāpatha (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic tīrthas purify through both sacred waters and divine presence—sin is removed by contact with sanctified geography.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Suvarṇarevā river and the Dāmodara presence within the Vastrāpatha/Raivataka sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, bathing/approaching the river is suggested by its sin-destroying nature, though no explicit injunction is stated.