Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

उमारुद्राङ्गसम्भूता येन चैषा महानदी । लोकान्प्रापयते स्वर्गं तेन पुण्यत्वमागता

Transliteration

umārudrāṅgasambhūtā yena caiṣā mahānadī | lokānprāpayate svargaṃ tena puṇyatvamāgatā

Translation

Weil dieser große Fluss aus dem Leibe Umās und Rudras hervorging und weil er die Wesen zum Himmel geleitet, hat er dadurch den Rang höchster Verdienstfülle und Heiligkeit erlangt.

Word by Word

• umārudrāṅga-sambhūtā: born from the body of Umā and Rudra
• umārudrāṅga-sambhūtā: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: umā (प्रातिपदिक) + rudra (प्रातिपदिक) + aṅga (प्रातिपदिक) + sambhūta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गम् (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative, 1st), एकवचनम् (Singular); भूतकृदन्तः (क्त, past passive participle) from सम्+भू (धातु); समासः: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (umārudrayoḥ aṅgāt sambhūtā)

• yena: by which
• yena: Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्/नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental, 3rd), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• eṣā: this (she)
• eṣā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गम् (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative, 1st), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• mahānadī: the great river
• mahānadī: Karta (Apposition/subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + nadī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गम् (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative, 1st), एकवचनम् (Singular); कर्मधारयः (mahā ca sā nadī)

• lokān: worlds/people
• lokān: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम् (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative, 2nd), बहुवचनम् (Plural)

• prāpayate: causes (them) to reach
• prāpayate: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + ā + pā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपदम् (Parasmaipada), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम् (Singular); णिच्-प्रयोगः (causative: causes to reach)

• svargam: heaven
• svargam: Gati/Karman (Goal as object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम् (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative, 2nd), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• tena: therefore/by that
• tena: Hetu/Karaṇa (Cause/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्/नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental, 3rd), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• puṇyatvam: holiness/merit-status
• puṇyatvam: Karman (Object/attainment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṇyatva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम् (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative, 2nd), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• āgatā: has attained / has become
• āgatā: Kriya (Predicative action/state)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā + gam (धातु) → āgata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गम् (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative, 1st), एकवचनम् (Singular); भूतकृदन्तः (क्त, past participle) used predicatively with implied ‘asti’

Speaker

Unknown (narrative voice within Revākhaṇḍa; commonly framed as Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa relating the māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Narmadā (Revā)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Personified Narmadā as a river-goddess emerging from the luminous union/presence of Umā and Rudra; she flows across landscapes carrying souls upward toward heavenly realms; celestial beings hover above.

Characters & Entities

• Umā (Pārvatī)
• Rudra (Śiva)
• Narmadā (Revā)
• Svarga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s sanctity is grounded in divine origin and salvific function: Revā’s Śaiva-Śākta source and her capacity to uplift beings confer puṇya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Revā/Narmadā as the great river endowed with Śiva-Umā origin and heaven-leading merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; the verse provides the theological basis for engaging in Narmadā tīrtha practices.