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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

अकामकामाश्च तथा सकामा रेवान्तमाश्रित्य म्रियन्ति तीरे । जडान्धमूकास्त्रिदिवं प्रयान्ति किमत्र विप्रा भवभावयुक्ताः

Transliteration

akāmakāmāśca tathā sakāmā revāntamāśritya mriyanti tīre | jaḍāndhamūkāstridivaṃ prayānti kimatra viprā bhavabhāvayuktāḥ

Translation

Ob wunschfrei oder voller Wünsche: Wer in der Endgegend der Revā Zuflucht nimmt und an ihrem Ufer stirbt—selbst der Stumpfe, der Blinde und der Stumme—gelangt in den Himmel. Was wäre da noch verwunderlich, o Brāhmaṇas, bei denen, die rechte hingebungsvolle Gesinnung besitzen?

Word by Word
akāma-kāmāḥdesireless (without desires)
akāma-kāmāḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Roota-kāma (प्रातिपदिक) + kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (अकामाः कामाः इव/अकामाः) अर्थे ‘निष्कामाः’
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)
tathālikewise
tathā:
Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: likewise)
sakāmāḥdesirous (with desires)
sakāmāḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootsa-kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन; ‘कामयुक्ताः’
revā-antamthe end/region of Revā (Narmadā)
revā-antam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootrevā (प्रातिपदिक) + anta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (रेवायाः अन्तः/अन्तम्)
āśrityahaving taken refuge (in)
āśritya:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Gerundial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootā√śri (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; having resorted to
mriyantidie
mriyanti:
Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√mṛ (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; Present 3rd pl. (they die)
tīreon the bank
tīre:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roottīra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (प्रयोगे), सप्तमी एकवचन; Locative singular (on the bank)
jaḍa-andha-mūkāḥdull, blind, and mute (even such people)
jaḍa-andha-mūkāḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootjaḍa (प्रातिपदिक) + andha (प्रातिपदिक) + mūka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (जडाश्च अन्धाश्च मूकाश्च)
tridivamto heaven
tridivam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottridiva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन
prayāntigo/attain
prayānti:
Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra√yā (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन
kimwhat (then?)
kim:
Sambandha (Interrogative/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative particle)
atrahere/in this case
atra:
Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatra (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: here/in this matter)
viprāḥbrāhmaṇas
viprāḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvipra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन
bhava-bhāva-yuktāḥendowed with worldly disposition (attached to becoming)
bhava-bhāva-yuktāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootbhava (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāva (प्रातिपदिक) + yukta (कृदन्त; √yuj)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (भवस्य भावेन युक्ताः)
Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā (Revānta region)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: viprāḥ (brāhmaṇas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims of varied conditions—desireless and desirous, disabled and simple—resting on the Narmadā bank; at death, subtle luminous forms rise toward heaven while brāhmaṇas witness in awe.

Characters & Entities
R
Revā (Narmadā)
T
Tridiva (Heaven)
V
Vipra (Brāhmaṇas)

FAQs

Revā’s refuge is depicted as overwhelmingly salvific; inner devotion only strengthens an already potent sacred support.

Revā’s tīra (banks) and the ‘Revānta’ sacred region associated with Narmadā.

Taking refuge/residing at Revā and dying on her bank is presented as spiritually efficacious; no detailed ritual is specified.

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