Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

रेवाया उत्तरे तीरे गम्भीरे चाभिवारुणि । प्रागुदक्प्रवणे देशे कोटितीर्थसमन्वितम्

Transliteration

revāyā uttare tīre gambhīre cābhivāruṇi | prāgudakpravaṇe deśe koṭitīrthasamanvitam

Translation

Am nördlichen Ufer der Revā (Narmadā), in einem tiefen, wasserreichen Landstrich, in einer Gegend, die nach Osten und zu den Wassern hin abfällt—ausgestattet mit «Krores von Tīrthas», unzähligen heiligen Furten.

Word by Word

• रेवायाः: of the Revā (Narmadā)
• रेवायाः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (6th/Genitive), एकवचनम्

• उत्तरे: on the northern
• उत्तरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘तीरे’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• तीरे: bank
• तीरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• गम्भीरे: deep
• गम्भीरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गम्भीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘तीरे’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः (conjunction)

• अभिवारुणि: near the Varuṇa-related (place/waters)
• अभिवारुणि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि-वारुणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे (स्थलवाचक-विशेषण), सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; अव्ययीभावः ‘अभि’ (towards/near) + ‘वारुणि’ (Varuṇa-related)

• प्रागुदक्प्रवणे: in a place sloping to the east and north
• प्रागुदक्प्रवणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राक्-उदक्-प्रवण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः ‘प्राक्’ (eastward) + ‘उदक्’ (northward) + ‘प्रवण’ (sloping)

• देशे: in the region
• देशे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• कोटितीर्थसमन्वितम्: endowed with crores of sacred fords
• कोटितीर्थसमन्वितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कोटि-तीर्थ-समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्; ‘क्षेत्रम्’ (implicit/next verse context) इत्यस्य विशेषणम्; तत्पुरुषः ‘कोटि-तीर्थैः समन्वितम्’

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Koṭitīrtha-samanvita Revā-uttara-taṭa (within Bhṛgukaccha)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sweeping view of the Narmadā’s north bank: deep blue-green waters, lush and water-rich terrain, gentle eastward slope, dotted with countless small shrines/ghāṭas implying ‘crores of tīrthas’.

Characters & Entities

• Revā (Narmadā)
• Varuṇa (implied by vāruṇi)
• Koṭitīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha is defined not only by myth but by sacred geography—riverbank, depth, and confluence-like sanctity—making the land itself a vessel of merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Revā/Narmadā riverbank kṣetra on the northern shore, characterized as Koṭitīrtha-samanvita and tied to Bhṛgukaccha’s emergence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse primarily provides the tīrtha’s geographical sanctity and setting.