Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

हतं तैः पावके सर्वं रेवाया उत्तरे तटे । विमानस्थास्तदा दृष्टा ब्राह्मणैस्ते युधिष्ठिर

Transliteration

hataṃ taiḥ pāvake sarvaṃ revāyā uttare taṭe | vimānasthāstadā dṛṣṭā brāhmaṇaiste yudhiṣṭhira

Translation

O Yudhiṣṭhira: Am nördlichen Ufer der Revā wurde alles durch Feuer verzehrt ihretwegen; dann sahen die Brāhmaṇas sie, in himmlischen Vimānas sitzend.

Word by Word

• हतम्: destroyed/burnt
• हतम्: Karman (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle, क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘burnt/destroyed’ (सर्वम् इति विशेष्य)

• तैः: by them
• तैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• पावके: in the fire
• पावके: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पावक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• सर्वम्: all (of it)
• सर्वम्: Karman (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेष्यं (हतम्)

• रेवायाः: of Revā (Narmadā)
• रेवायाः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• उत्तरे: on the northern
• उत्तरे: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (तटे)

• तटे: bank
• तटे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• विमानस्थाः: standing in a celestial car
• विमानस्थाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमान (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष (विमाने स्थाः)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of time)

• दृष्टाः: were seen
• दृष्टाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle, क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘seen’

• ब्राह्मणैः: by the brāhmaṇas
• ब्राह्मणैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• ते: they
• ते: Karman (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिर: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

Unnamed Purāṇic narrator (contextual speaker within Revā Khaṇḍa, addressing Yudhiṣṭhira)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā uttara-taṭa (contextual)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (explicitly addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On the northern riverbank, a sudden blaze sweeps through offerings/impurities; brāhmaṇas look on in astonishment as luminous beings appear seated in celestial vimānas above the bank, the river reflecting firelight and gold.

Characters & Entities

• Revā (Narmadā)
• Brāhmaṇas
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Vimāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Contact with a powerful tīrtha can transmute the consequences of sin and raise beings toward heavenly states symbolized by vimānas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā (Narmadā) riverbank setting, within the Ravitīrtha context of Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the verse narrates a miraculous consequence witnessed by brāhmaṇas.