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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

जप्त्वा चैकाक्षरं ब्रह्म हृदि ध्यात्वा महेश्वरम् । स्नात्वा च मन्त्रपूताभिरथ चाद्भिर्जितव्रताः

Transliteration

japtvā caikākṣaraṃ brahma hṛdi dhyātvā maheśvaram | snātvā ca mantrapūtābhiratha cādbhirjitavratāḥ

Translation

Nachdem sie das einsilbige Brahman (den heiligen Samenlaut) rezitiert und im Herzen über Maheśvara meditiert hatten, und nachdem sie in durch Mantras gereinigten Wassern gebadet hatten, bereiteten sich die in Gelübden Standhaften so vor.

Word by Word
जप्त्वाhaving recited
जप्त्वा:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootजप् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्तः (gerund): ‘having recited’
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्ययम् (conjunction)
एकाक्षरम्single-syllabled
एकाक्षरम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootएक (प्रातिपदिक) + अक्षर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गम्, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः/कर्मधारयार्थः: ‘एकम् अक्षरम्’ = ‘single-syllabled’
ब्रह्मBrahman / the sacred syllable
ब्रह्म:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गम्, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचनम्; here: sacred syllable/mantra (e.g., oṃ)
हृदिin the heart
हृदि:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootहृद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गम्, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचनम्; ‘in the heart’
ध्यात्वाhaving meditated on
ध्यात्वा:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootध्यै (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्तः: ‘having meditated (upon)’
महेश्वरम्Maheshvara (Śiva)
महेश्वरम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमहā (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गम्, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; कर्मधारयः: ‘महान् ईश्वरः’
स्नात्वाhaving bathed
स्नात्वा:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootस्ना (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्तः: ‘having bathed’
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्ययम् (conjunction)
मन्त्रपूताभिःwith (waters) purified by mantra
मन्त्रपूताभिः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + पूत (पू (धातु) + क्त)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गम् (agreeing with ‘अद्भिः’ understood), तृतीया (Instrumental), बहुवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः: ‘मन्त्रेण पूताः’ = ‘purified by mantra’
अथthen
अथ:
Sambandha (Sequencer)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formअव्ययम् (particle/adverb): ‘then/thereupon’
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्ययम् (conjunction)
अद्भिःwith waters
अद्भिः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootअप्/अद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गम् (ap-शब्दः), तृतीया (Instrumental), बहुवचनम्; ‘with waters’
जितव्रताःthose of disciplined vows
जितव्रताः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootजित (जि (धातु)+क्त) + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्; बहुव्रीहिः: ‘जितं व्रतं यैः’ = ‘whose vows are mastered/observed’
Speaker

Narrator (describing the sages’ preparatory rites in the Revā Khaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ascetics stand at the riverbank in disciplined posture: some with closed eyes in heart-meditation, lips moving in japa; then they step into the water, sprinkling and bathing as if the water itself glows with mantra.

Characters & Entities
M
Maheśvara (Śiva)
E
Ekākṣara (single-syllable mantra)
M
Mantra
S
Snāna (ritual bath)

FAQs

Purity arises from a combined discipline of mantra-japa, inner meditation on Śiva, and sacred bathing—uniting yoga and tīrtha practice.

Revā/Narmadā waters as mantra-purified bathing waters within the Revā Khaṇḍa sacred landscape.

Perform ekākṣara-japa, meditate on Maheśvara in the heart, and undertake snāna in waters sanctified by mantra while observing vows.

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