Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

एवमुक्ते तु देवेशो बहुरूपो दिवाकरः । उत्तरे नर्मदाकूले क्षणादेव व्यदृश्यत

Transliteration

evamukte tu deveśo bahurūpo divākaraḥ | uttare narmadākūle kṣaṇādeva vyadṛśyata

Translation

Als dies gesprochen war, erschien der Götterherr — Divākara in vielen Gestalten — augenblicklich am nördlichen Ufer der Narmadā.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्ययम्; adverb

• उक्ते: when (this) was said
• उक्ते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: वच्-धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्तः, नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी-एकवचनम्; locative absolute ‘when it was said’

• तु: but/then
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; adversative/contrast particle

• देवेशः: Lord of the gods
• देवेशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (देवानाम् ईशः), पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-एकवचनम्; nominative singular

• बहुरूपः: of many forms
• बहुरूपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहिः ‘यस्य बहूनि रूपाणि सः’, पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-एकवचनम्; adjective, masculine nominative singular

• दिवाकरः: the Sun
• दिवाकरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव (प्रातिपदिक) + कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषः (दिवं करोति/दिवः करः), पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-एकवचनम्; nominative singular

• उत्तरे: on the northern (bank/side)
• उत्तरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे सप्तमी-एकवचनम्; locative singular used adverbially ‘on the northern (side)’

• नर्मदाकूले: on the bank of the Narmadā
• नर्मदाकूले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर्मदा (प्रातिपदिक) + कूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (नर्मदायाः कूलम्), नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी-एकवचनम्; locative singular

• क्षणात्: in a moment / instantly
• क्षणात्: Apadana (Source/अवधि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे पञ्चमी-एकवचनम्; ablative singular

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्ययम्; emphatic particle

• व्यदृश्यत: appeared / was seen
• व्यदृश्यत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकारः (अनद्यतन-भूत), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; आत्मनेपदम्; passive sense ‘was seen/appeared’

Speaker

Narrator (reporting the manifestation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śukla-tīrtha (north bank)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhūpāla

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Divākara, ‘many-formed,’ manifests instantly on the Narmadā’s northern bank—radiant sun-disc, multiple emanations, and a sanctified river edge with onlookers in awe.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya (Divākara, Deveśa)
• Narmadā (Revā)
• Northern bank (uttara kūla)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha becomes luminous through divine prādurbhāva—God responds swiftly to sincere petition rooted in tapas and vow.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Narmadā’s northern bank in the Śukla-tīrtha/Ādityeśvara episode of Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is given; the verse records the moment of manifestation that grounds the site’s māhātmya.