Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

रेवाजलं पुण्यतमं पृथिव्यां तथा च देवो जगतां पतिर्हरिः । एकादशी पापहरा नरेन्द्र बह्वायासैर्लभ्यते मानवानाम्

Transliteration

revājalaṃ puṇyatamaṃ pṛthivyāṃ tathā ca devo jagatāṃ patirhariḥ | ekādaśī pāpaharā narendra bahvāyāsairlabhyate mānavānām

Translation

Das Wasser der Revā ist das heiligste auf Erden; ebenso ist Hari, der Herr der Welten, göttlich. Und Ekādaśī, o König, ist die Vernichterin der Sünden, von Menschen nur durch große Mühe und strenge Observanz zu erlangen.

Word by Word

• रेवाजलम्: the water of the Revā (Narmadā)
• रेवाजलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेवा (प्रातिपदिक) + जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• पुण्यतमम्: most holy
• पुण्यतमम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तमप्-प्रत्यय (superlative)

• पृथिव्याम्: on earth
• पृथिव्याम्: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Samuccaya/Comparison
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: likewise)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• जगताम्: of the worlds
• जगताम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• पतिः: lord
• पतिः: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• हरिः: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरिः: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• एकादशी: Ekādaśī (the 11th lunar day/fast)
• एकादशी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकादशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• पापहरा: remover of sins
• पापहरा: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + हरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (एकादशी)

• नरेन्द्र: O king
• नरेन्द्र: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरेन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• बह्वायासैः: with much effort
• बह्वायासैः: Karaṇa (Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक) + आयास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• लभ्यते: is obtained
• लभ्यते: Kriyā (Predicate action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive), आत्मनेपद

• मानवानाम्: of humans
• मानवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual, Revā Khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ājamīḍha (addressed as narendra)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sweeping view of the Revā river, pilgrims bathing at dawn; above, a subtle iconographic presence of Hari as jagat-pati; a calendar-like emphasis on Ekādaśī as sacred time.

Characters & Entities

• Revā (Narmadā)
• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Ekādaśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Supreme purity is attributed to Revā’s waters, devotion to Hari, and Ekādaśī observance—three pillars for removing sin and gaining merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Revā (the Narmadā River) and her sacred waters, central to Revā Khaṇḍa’s tīrtha-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observance of Ekādaśī as a sin-destroying vrata, framed as requiring sustained effort and discipline.