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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

अमी समुद्रास्तव देव देहे मौर्वालयः शैलधरास्तथामी । इमाश्च गङ्गाप्रमुखाः स्रवन्त्यो द्वीपाण्यशेषाणि वनादिदेशाः

Transliteration

amī samudrāstava deva dehe maurvālayaḥ śailadharāstathāmī | imāśca gaṅgāpramukhāḥ sravantyo dvīpāṇyaśeṣāṇi vanādideśāḥ

Translation

In Deinem göttlichen Leib sind diese Ozeane, ebenso die Gebirgsketten und die Träger der Gipfel. Dort sind auch die strömenden Flüsse, allen voran die Gaṅgā, und alle Kontinente, Wälder und Regionen — alles weilt in Dir.

Word by Word
अमीthese
अमी:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), बहुवचन; निर्देश (these)
समुद्राःoceans
समुद्राः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसमुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), बहुवचन
तवof you/your
तव:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन
देवO god
देव:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन
देहेin (your) body
देहे:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootदेह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन
मौर्वालयःabodes of Mūrva (a class of beings/regions)
मौर्वालयः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमौर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + आलय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), बहुवचन
शैलधराःmountain-bearers (mountains)
शैलधराः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootशैल (प्रातिपदिक) + धर (कृदन्त; धृ-धातु)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), बहुवचन
तथाalso
तथा:
Sambandha (Connector/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (also/likewise)
अमीthese
अमी:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), बहुवचन
इमाःthese
इमाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), बहुवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)
गङ्गाप्रमुखाःheaded by the Ganges
गङ्गाप्रमुखाः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootगङ्गा (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रमुख (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), बहुवचन; विशेषण (नद्यः)
स्रवन्त्यःflowing
स्रवन्त्यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootस्रु (धातु)
Formवर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
द्वीपाणिcontinents/islands
द्वीपाणि:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootद्वीप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), बहुवचन
अशेषाणिall, without remainder
अशेषाणि:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ (नञ्) + शेष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), बहुवचन; विशेषण (द्वीपाणि)
वनादिदेशाःregions such as forests (etc.)
वनादिदेशाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootवन (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + देश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), बहुवचन; 'वन-आदि-देश' = forests and other regions
Speaker

A devotee/sage praising the Supreme Lord (Viṣṇu/Nārāyaṇa) in Revā Khaṇḍa context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sarva-tīrtha-bhāva (all tīrthas within the Lord) with Revā as contemplative gateway

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Lord’s cosmic body contains oceans like girdles, mountain ranges as bones, rivers (Gaṅgā foremost) flowing as veins, and continents/forests as patterned fields across the torso—devotees gaze upward in awe.

Characters & Entities
S
Samudras (oceans)
G
Gaṅgā
D
Dvīpas (continents)

FAQs

Sacred geography is sanctified because all lands, rivers, and oceans are contained in the Divine; pilgrimage becomes a way of seeing God in the world.

The verse gestures to pan-Indian sacred geography (Gaṅgā foremost) while situated within the Revā (Narmadā) Khaṇḍa’s pilgrimage-oriented framework.

No explicit ritual is stated; the emphasis is on cosmic vision that underlies tīrtha-reverence.

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