Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

रुद्रदेहाद्विनिष्क्रान्ता तेन पुण्यतमा हि सा । प्रातरुत्थाय यो नित्यं भूमिमाक्रम्य भक्तितः

Transliteration

rudradehādviniṣkrāntā tena puṇyatamā hi sā | prātarutthāya yo nityaṃ bhūmimākramya bhaktitaḥ

Translation

Da sie aus Rudras Leib hervorging, ist sie darum wahrlich die Heiligste. Wer, jeden Tag im Morgengrauen aufstehend, die Erde in Hingabe betritt…

Word by Word

• रुद्रदेहात्: from Rudra’s body
• रुद्रदेहात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (रुद्रस्य देहः), पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• विनिष्क्रान्ता: having come forth/emerged
• विनिष्क्रान्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-निस्-√क्रम् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past active participle sense), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• तेन: therefore/by that
• तेन: Hetu/Karana (Cause/instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular), पुं/नपुंसक (contextual)

• पुण्यतमा: most meritorious
• पुण्यतमा: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; तमप्-प्रत्यय (superlative)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रातर्: in the morning
• प्रातर्: Adhikarana (Time locus)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातर् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• उत्थाय: having risen
• उत्थाय: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-√स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्यय (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable participle)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Relative subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• नित्यम्: always/daily
• नित्यम्: Adhikarana (Time/frequency)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb; accusative used adverbially)

• भूमिम्: the ground/earth
• भूमिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• आक्रम्य: having stepped upon
• आक्रम्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√क्रम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्यय (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव

• भक्तितः: out of devotion
• भक्तितः: Hetu (Cause/motive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (in sense of cause/motive)

Speaker

Unspecified (Revā Khaṇḍa narrator; verse is incomplete and appears to continue in the next śloka)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Shaiva-theophany: from Rudra’s luminous form the river-goddess manifests; devotees rise at dawn and begin the day with reverent steps and remembrance.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Because of her Rudra-origin, Narmadā is supremely holy; daily, dawn-centered devotion aligns life with purity and merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Narmadā (Revā) river as a Śaiva tirtha of highest merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A daily discipline beginning at dawn (prātaḥ-utthāya) performed with bhakti; the specific act likely continues beyond this verse.