Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 92

Devanagari script

तस्मादियं महाभागा न मोक्तव्या कदाचन । नान्या काचिन्नदी शक्ता लोकत्रयफलप्रदा

Transliteration

tasmādiyaṃ mahābhāgā na moktavyā kadācana | nānyā kācinnadī śaktā lokatrayaphalapradā

Translation

Darum darf diese hochgesegnete (Flussgöttin) niemals verlassen werden. Kein anderer Fluss vermag die Früchte zu verleihen, die die drei Welten betreffen.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे ‘तस्मात्’

• इयम्: this (river)
• इयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• महाभागा: most noble
• महाभागा: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाभाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (इयम्)

• न: not
• न: Negation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation)

• मोक्तव्या: should be abandoned/left
• मोक्तव्या: Kriya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: तव्यत् (gerundive/obligatory), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘मोचनीया/त्याज्या’

• कदाचन: ever/at any time
• कदाचन: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदाचन (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• न: not
• न: Negation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• अन्या: another (one)
• अन्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• काचित्: any (some)
• काचित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक (indefinite)

• नदी: river
• नदी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• शक्ता: is able
• शक्ता: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शक् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past participle used adjectivally), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘समर्था’

• लोक-त्रय-फल-प्रदा: bestowing the fruits of the three worlds
• लोक-त्रय-फल-प्रदा: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रय (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘लोकत्रयस्य फलप्रदा’

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (context: Revā-khaṇḍa exhortation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrims/seekers of śreyas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Personified Narmadā as a radiant river-goddess emerging from flowing waters, holding a kalaśa; a devotee gestures in resolve (‘never abandon’), while three-tiered cosmic imagery (earth, mid-region, heaven) subtly appears above the river to signify ‘lokatraya-phala’.

Characters & Entities

• Narmadā (Revā)
• Three Worlds (Trailokya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steadfast devotion to a supreme tirtha is encouraged; Narmadā is proclaimed uniquely potent in granting comprehensive spiritual fruits.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Revā/Narmadā, elevated above other rivers in merit and efficacy.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An implicit prescription: do not forsake Narmadā—continue her sevā (service), residence, and devotional association.