Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 102

Devanagari script

जले निष्ठीवितं चैव मुशलं वापि लङ्घितम् । वृषलीगमनं चैव गुरुदारनिषेवणम्

Transliteration

jale niṣṭhīvitaṃ caiva muśalaṃ vāpi laṅghitam | vṛṣalīgamanaṃ caiva gurudāraniṣevaṇam

Translation

In Wasser zu spucken; über einen Stößel zu steigen; Umgang mit einer Frau verbotener Verbindung; und die Frau des Lehrers zu entehren—(selbst solche schweren Vergehen werden zu den Sünden gezählt, die die in diesem Revā-Abschnitt gepriesene Observanz reinigt).

Word by Word

• jale: in water
• jale: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Locative singular; अधिकरण

• niṣṭhīvitam: spitting (spit)
• niṣṭhīvitam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niṣ+ṭhīv (धा॒तु) + kta (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — PPP used substantively; कर्ता/विषय

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha/Avyaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — समुच्चयार्थक (and)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha/Avyaya (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — अवधारणार्थक (indeed/just)

• muśalam: a pestle/club
• muśalam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muśala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular; कर्ता/विषय

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha/Avyaya (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — विकल्पार्थक (or)

• api: also/even
• api: Sambandha/Avyaya (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — समुच्चय/अपि-कार (also/even)

• laṅghitam: stepping over/overstepping
• laṅghitam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: laṅgh (धा॒तु) + kta (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — PPP used substantively; कर्ता/विषय

• vṛṣalī-gamanam: going to/consorting with a vṛṣalī (low-caste woman)
• vṛṣalī-gamanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛṣalī (प्रातिपदिक) + gamana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular; कर्ता/विषय

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha/Avyaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — समुच्चयार्थक (and)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha/Avyaya (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — अवधारणार्थक (indeed)

• guru-dāra-niṣevaṇam: sexual association with the guru’s wife
• guru-dāra-niṣevaṇam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guru (प्रातिपदिक) + dāra (प्रातिपदिक) + niṣevaṇa (प्रातिपदिक; नि+सेव् धातु सेवानाम्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular; कर्ता/विषय

Speaker

Narratorial voice within Revā Khaṇḍa (exact speaker not in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cautionary tableau: near the river, symbolic vignettes—someone spitting into water, a person stepping over a pestle, shadowy figures representing forbidden relations—are shown fading as a penitent performs snāna and offers dāna under priestly guidance.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Puranic teaching emphasizes that dharma provides a path of purification even for severe moral lapses, when one sincerely undertakes the prescribed sacred remedy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā/Narmadā tīrtha sphere is the chapter’s setting; the verse belongs to Revā Khaṇḍa’s praise of purifying practices connected to that sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse enumerates sinful acts; the concrete atonement/purifying act is specified in the immediate context of the chapter (not fully contained in this single verse).