Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

एवं यो वेत्ति नामानि निर्गमं च विशेषतः । स याति पापविर्मुक्तो रुद्रलोकं न संशयः

Transliteration

evaṃ yo vetti nāmāni nirgamaṃ ca viśeṣataḥ | sa yāti pāpavirmukto rudralokaṃ na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

So gelangt, wer diese Namen wahrhaft kennt—und besonders ihren Ursprung—von Sünde befreit in Rudras Welt; daran besteht kein Zweifel.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner: “thus”)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• वेत्ति: knows
• वेत्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; √विद् = जानाति

• नामानि: names
• नामानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• निर्गमम्: the emergence/exit (mode of coming forth)
• निर्गमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्गम (प्रातिपदिक; नि: + √गम्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• विशेषतः: especially, in particular
• विशेषतः: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः (अव्यय; विशेष)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/रीतिवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: “especially/in particular”)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; संकेत/अनुवादक-सर्वनाम (correlative pronoun)

• याति: goes, attains
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; √या = गच्छति

• पापविर्मुक्तः: freed from sin
• पापविर्मुक्तः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + वि + मुक्त (कृदन्त; √मुच्)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (पापात् विर्मुक्तः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त-विशेषण (past participle adjective)

• रुद्रलोकम्: Rudra’s world
• रुद्रलोकम्: Karma (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (रुद्रस्य लोकः); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• न: not, no
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Vakya-artha (Predicative noun/वाक्यार्थ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from immediate narrative context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) nāma-māhātmya (contextual)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Implied: inquirer(s) within the frame dialogue

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage or narrator enumerates sacred names of Revā-tīrthas; a devotee listens with folded hands; above, a luminous Rudra-loka is hinted as the promised destination.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right knowledge (including sacred name-meanings) is portrayed as a purifier that leads to Shaiva liberation-oriented merit—attainment of Rudra’s realm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching applies to the Revā Khaṇḍa tīrthas whose names and derivations have just been explained.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The ‘prescription’ here is cognitive-devotional: learn and contemplate the tīrtha names and their etymologies.