Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

नमोऽस्तु ते पुण्यजले नमो मकरगामिनि । नमस्ते पापमोचिन्यै नमो देवि वरानने

Transliteration

namo'stu te puṇyajale namo makaragāmini | namaste pāpamocinyai namo devi varānane

Translation

Ehrerbietung dir, deren Wasser heilig sind; Ehrerbietung dir, die du mit der Strömung des Makara dahingleitest. Ehrerbietung dir, die Sünden tilgt; Ehrerbietung, o Göttin mit schönem Antlitz.

Word by Word

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana-related (Salutation/नमस्कार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/उपपद), नमस्कारार्थे

• अस्तु: may it be
• अस्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ते: to you/your
• ते: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचन (enclitic)

• पुण्यजले: O holy-watered one
• पुण्यजले: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य + जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (पुण्यं जलं यस्याः)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana-related (Salutation/नमस्कार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात), नमस्कारार्थे

• मकरगामिनि: O one who moves with/like makaras
• मकरगामिनि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मकर + गामिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (मकरैः/मकरवत् गच्छति)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana-related (Salutation/नमस्कार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात), नमस्कारार्थे

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/Dative) एकवचन (enclitic)

• पापमोचिन्यै: to the remover of sins
• पापमोचिन्यै: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप + मोचिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (पापस्य मोचिनी)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana-related (Salutation/नमस्कार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात), नमस्कारार्थे

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• वरानने: O fair-faced one
• वरानने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर + आनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (वरं आननं यस्याः)

Speaker

Ṛṣis (as narrated by Mārkaṇḍeya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājan (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sages chant ‘namo’stu te’ facing the flowing Narmadā; the river is imagined as a graceful goddess with a serene, beautiful face; aquatic makara motif appears in the current.

Characters & Entities

• Narmadā (Revā)
• Devī
• Makara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional praise of the river-goddess emphasizes her purifying nature and her power to remove sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Narmadā/Revā as a living goddess and purifying tirtha-stream.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Stotra/namaskāra (salutation) is performed; the verse functions as a mantra-like praise for recitation.