Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

सर्वतीर्थावगाहाच्च यत्फलं सागरादिषु । सकृच्छ्रुत्वा च माहात्म्यं रेवायास्तत्फलं लभेत्

Transliteration

sarvatīrthāvagāhācca yatphalaṃ sāgarādiṣu | sakṛcchrutvā ca māhātmyaṃ revāyāstatphalaṃ labhet

Translation

Welcher Lohn aus dem Bad in allen Tīrthas—im Ozean und anderen heiligen Wassern—erwächst, denselben Lohn erlangt man, wenn man Revās Größe nur einmal hört.

Word by Word

• sarva-tīrtha-avagāhāt: from bathing/immersion in all sacred fords
• sarva-tīrtha-avagāhāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (सर्व-प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (तीर्थ-प्रातिपदिक) + avagāha (अवगाह-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषु तीर्थेषु अवगाहः/अवगाहनम्)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• yat: which
• yat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-यत्

• phalam: fruit/result
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन (सन्दर्भे फलम् = यत्फलम्)

• sāgara-ādiṣu: in oceans and the like
• sāgara-ādiṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāgara (सागर-प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (आदि-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), बहुवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (सागरादयः)

• sakṛt: once
• sakṛt: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sakṛt (अव्यय)
• Form: आवृत्ति-अव्यय (adverb: once)

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śru (श्रु धातु) → śrutvā (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• māhātmyam: glory, sacred greatness
• māhātmyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māhātmya (माहात्म्य-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• revāyāḥ: of Reva (Narmadā)
• revāyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: revā (रेवा-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• tat: that
• tat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; तद् (correlative)

• phalam: fruit/result
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• labhet: would obtain
• labhet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (लभ् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Sūta (deduced; Āvantya Khaṇḍa narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic map-like montage: ocean, confluences, lakes, and famous ghāṭas appear as small vignettes around a central scene of a devotee hearing Revā-māhātmya—signifying ‘all tīrthas’ gathered into one act.

Characters & Entities

• Revā (Narmadā)
• Tīrthas
• Sāgara (ocean)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True tīrtha-benefit is accessible through devotion and attentive hearing of a sacred place’s māhātmya, not only through extensive travel.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Revā/Narmadā, whose māhātmya is said to confer the fruit of bathing at all tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa of the Revā-māhātmya is highlighted; bathing (avaghāha) is referenced as a comparative rite.