Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

रुद्रदेहाद्विनिष्क्रान्ता तेन पुण्यतमा हि सा । प्रातरुत्थाय यो नित्यं भूमिमाक्रम्य भक्तितः

Transliteration

rudradehādviniṣkrāntā tena puṇyatamā hi sā | prātarutthāya yo nityaṃ bhūmimākramya bhaktitaḥ

Translation

রুদ্রদেহ থেকে নির্গত হওয়ায় তিনি নিঃসন্দেহে সর্বাধিক পবিত্রা। যে ব্যক্তি নিত্য প্রাতে উঠে ভক্তিভরে ভূমিতে পদার্পণ করে…

Word by Word

• रुद्रदेहात्: from Rudra’s body
• रुद्रदेहात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (रुद्रस्य देहः), पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• विनिष्क्रान्ता: having come forth/emerged
• विनिष्क्रान्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-निस्-√क्रम् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past active participle sense), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• तेन: therefore/by that
• तेन: Hetu/Karana (Cause/instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular), पुं/नपुंसक (contextual)

• पुण्यतमा: most meritorious
• पुण्यतमा: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; तमप्-प्रत्यय (superlative)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रातर्: in the morning
• प्रातर्: Adhikarana (Time locus)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातर् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• उत्थाय: having risen
• उत्थाय: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-√स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्यय (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable participle)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Relative subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• नित्यम्: always/daily
• नित्यम्: Adhikarana (Time/frequency)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb; accusative used adverbially)

• भूमिम्: the ground/earth
• भूमिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• आक्रम्य: having stepped upon
• आक्रम्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√क्रम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्यय (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव

• भक्तितः: out of devotion
• भक्तितः: Hetu (Cause/motive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (in sense of cause/motive)

Speaker

Unspecified (Revā Khaṇḍa narrator; verse is incomplete and appears to continue in the next śloka)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Shaiva-theophany: from Rudra’s luminous form the river-goddess manifests; devotees rise at dawn and begin the day with reverent steps and remembrance.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Because of her Rudra-origin, Narmadā is supremely holy; daily, dawn-centered devotion aligns life with purity and merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Narmadā (Revā) river as a Śaiva tirtha of highest merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A daily discipline beginning at dawn (prātaḥ-utthāya) performed with bhakti; the specific act likely continues beyond this verse.