Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 55
Devanagari script
येऽपि भक्तया सकृत्तोये नर्मदाया महेश्वरम् । स्नात्वा ते सर्वं पापं नाशयन्त्यसंशयम्
Transliteration
ye'pi bhaktayā sakṛttoye narmadāyā maheśvaram | snātvā te sarvaṃ pāpaṃ nāśayantyasaṃśayam
Translation
যাঁরা ভক্তিভাবে নর্মদার জলে মহেশ্বরের সান্নিধ্যে একবারও স্নান করেন, তাঁরা নিঃসন্দেহে সর্ব পাপ বিনাশ করেন।
Word by Word
येthose who
ये:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)
अपिeven
अपि:
Sambandha/Emphasis (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (particle: even/also)
भक्त्याwith devotion
भक्त्या:
Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
TypeNoun
Rootभक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
सकृत्once
सकृत्:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसकृत् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; संख्यावाचक/आवृत्तिवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (once)
तोयेin the water
तोये:
Adhikaraṇa (Locative)
TypeNoun
Rootतोय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
नर्मदायाःof Narmadā
नर्मदायाः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootनर्मदा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
महेश्वरम्Maheśvara (Śiva)
महेश्वरम्:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootमहेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (महान् ईश्वरः)
स्नात्वाhaving bathed
स्नात्वा:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootस्ना (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having bathed)
तेthey
ते:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; अन्वय—‘ये … ते’ (correlative)
सर्वम्all
सर्वम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘पापम्’)
पापम्sin
पापम्:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootपाप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
नाशयन्तिdestroy
नाशयन्ति:
Kriyā (Action)
TypeVerb
Rootनाशय् (धातु; णिच् causative of नश्)
Formलट्-लकार (Present); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्
असंशयम्without doubt
असंशयम्:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअसंशयम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात/क्रियाविशेषण (certainly, without doubt)
Speaker
Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from immediate narrative context; explicit in Adhyāya 9 opening)
Characters & Entities
N
Narmadā (Revā)M
Maheśvara (Śiva)FAQs
Devotional contact with a supreme tīrtha—Narmadā—brings powerful purification, especially when oriented toward Śiva.
Narmadā (Revā) as a sin-destroying river-tīrtha associated with Maheśvara.
Sakṛt-snānā: bathing even once in Narmadā’s waters with devotion (bhakti) and Śiva (Maheśvara) in view.