Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

यथा गोदावरीतीर्थे सर्वतीर्थफलं भवेत् । तथात्र रेवास्नानेन लिङ्गानां दर्शनैर्न्ःणाम्

Transliteration

yathā godāvarītīrthe sarvatīrthaphalaṃ bhavet | tathātra revāsnānena liṅgānāṃ darśanairnḥṇām

Translation

Wie man am Tīrtha der Godāvarī die Frucht aller heiligen Stätten erlangt, so auch hier: Durch das Bad in der Revā (Narmadā) und durch das Schauen der Liṅgas gewinnen die Menschen denselben Verdienst.

Word by Word

• यथा: just as
• यथा: Sambandha (Correlative marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), उपमानार्थक-सम्बन्धबोधक (correlative/comparative particle)

• गोदावरीतीर्थे: at the Godāvarī sacred ford
• गोदावरीतीर्थे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोदावरी-तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (गोदावर्याः तीर्थम्)

• सर्वतीर्थफलम्: the fruit of all pilgrimages
• सर्वतीर्थफलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-तीर्थ-फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषां तीर्थानां फलम्)

• भवेत्: would be / may occur
• भवेत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• तथा: so, likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Correlative marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, तदनुरूपार्थक (correlative ‘so/thus’)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (adverb of place)

• रेवास्नानेन: by bathing in the Revā (Narmadā)
• रेवास्नानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेवा-स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (रेवायां स्नानम्)

• लिङ्गानाम्: of the liṅgas
• लिङ्गानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• दर्शनैः: by (their) seeing/visits
• दर्शनैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• पितॄणाम्: of the ancestors
• पितॄणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-snāna tīrtha (Narmadā) with liṅga-darśana

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims descend broad stone steps to the Revā, perform snāna with cupped hands offering arghya; beyond, a riverside Śaiva precinct with multiple liṅgas under bilva trees; priests guide darśana as sunlight glints on flowing water.

Characters & Entities

• Godāvarī
• Revā (Narmadā)
• Śiva Liṅgas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Bathing in the Narmadā and having darśana of Śiva-liṅgas is declared equivalent to the aggregate merit of many pilgrimages.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Revā (Narmadā) bathing places and the cluster of Liṅga-shrines in this section, centered on Kumbheśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Revā-snānā (bathing in Narmadā) and liṅga-darśana (visiting/seeing Śiva-liṅgas).