Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

षड्भिर्मासैस्तु संसिद्धास्त्रिभिर्मासैस्तथापरे । मुनयो देवमाश्रित्य नर्मदां च यशस्विनीम्

Transliteration

ṣaḍbhirmāsaistu saṃsiddhāstribhirmāsaistathāpare | munayo devamāśritya narmadāṃ ca yaśasvinīm

Translation

Einige werden in sechs Monaten vollkommen vollendet, andere ebenso in drei Monaten — jene Weisen, die beim Herrn und bei der ruhmreichen Narmadā Zuflucht nehmen.

Word by Word

• ṣaḍbhiḥ: by/with six
• ṣaḍbhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṣ (षष् संख्याशब्द-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन; संख्याविशेषण

• māsaiḥ: months
• māsaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māsa (मास प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (तु)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण/विरोध (particle)

• saṃsiddhāḥ: became accomplished/perfected
• saṃsiddhāḥ: Kriya (State/क्रिया-भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-sidh (सम्-सिध् धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; 'संसिद्ध' = fully accomplished/perfected

• tribhiḥ: by/with three
• tribhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri (त्रि संख्याशब्द-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन; संख्याविशेषण

• māsaiḥ: months
• māsaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māsa (मास प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (तथा)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: likewise)

• apare: others
• apare: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: apara (अपर प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• munayaḥ: sages
• munayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (मुनि प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• devam: the god (Deva)
• devam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (देव प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• āśritya: having taken refuge in
• āśritya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-śri (आ-श्रि धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; 'आश्रित्य' = having resorted to

• narmadām: Narmadā (river)
• narmadām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: narmadā (नर्मदा प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (च)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• yaśasvinīm: glorious/famed
• yaśasvinīm: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yaśasvinī (यशस्विनी प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying 'नर्मदाम्')

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (contextual attribution within Āvantya/Revā narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages on the Narmadā bank with hands in añjali, one pointing to the flowing river as ‘yashasvinī’; a subtle manifestation of Śiva/Rudra above or within a liṅga shrine, indicating ‘taking refuge’ in both Deva and the river.

Characters & Entities

• Narmadā (Revā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Refuge in God along with Narmadā’s sanctity makes spiritual accomplishment swift for disciplined sages.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Narmadā (Revā) and her riverbanks.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Taking refuge (āśraya) in the Lord and staying devoted in the Narmadā context; the verse stresses duration-based sādhana rather than a single named rite.