Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

रेवौर्व्यासङ्गमन्तिस्था रेवाया दक्षिणे तटे । हनूमन्तवने पुण्ये चिक्रीडाहं यदृच्छया

Transliteration

revaurvyāsaṅgamantisthā revāyā dakṣiṇe taṭe | hanūmantavane puṇye cikrīḍāhaṃ yadṛcchayā

Translation

Nahe der Mündung der Revā, am Südufer des Flusses, im heiligen Wald des Hanūmant, streifte ich umher und spielte dort ganz zufällig.

Word by Word

• रेवा: Revā (river)
• रेवा: Adhikarana (as part of place-name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उर्व्यासङ्गमन्तिस्था: situated near Urvī’s confluence
• उर्व्यासङ्गमन्तिस्था: Adhikarana (Location descriptor)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उर्वी + आसङ्गम + अन्ति + स्था (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-आधार)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; स्थानवाचक-समासः, ‘रेवा’ इति विशेषणम् (Revā situated near the confluence with Urvī-āsaṅgama)

• रेवायाः: of the Revā
• रेवायाः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• दक्षिणे: on the southern
• दक्षिणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘तटे’ इति विशेषणम्

• तटे: bank
• तटे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• हनूमन्तवने: in Hanūmant’s forest
• हनूमन्तवने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हनूमन्त + वन (प्रातिपदिकौ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• पुण्ये: holy
• पुण्ये: Adhikarana (Location qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘वने’ इति विशेषणम्

• चिक्रीडा: I played/sported
• चिक्रीडा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रीड् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

• यदृच्छया: by chance
• यदृच्छया: Karana (Manner/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यदृच्छा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; हेतौ/प्रकारे

Speaker

A princess/maiden recounting her former-life account to a king (deduced from later vocative nṛpa and putrikā)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-saṅgama near Hanūmant-vana

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Her father (tāta) and the royal listener via frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene river confluence scene on Revā’s southern bank: a holy forest dedicated to Hanūmān, with the maiden wandering/playfully moving amid trees and river breeze.

Characters & Entities

• Revā (Narmadā)
• Vyāsa-saṅgama (a named confluence)
• Hanūmant (Hanūmān)
• Hanūmanta-vana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even an accidental encounter with a sacred riverbank and holy grove can become the doorway to great merit when connected to a tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā/Narmadā southern bank near a Vyāsa-associated saṅgama, within the sacred Hanūmant forest (contextually tied to Hanūmanteśvara).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated here; the verse primarily locates the narrative in a puṇya-kṣetra (merit-giving sacred geography).