Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

कलुषत्वं नयत्येव रसेन सुरसा तथा । कृपां करोति सा यस्माल्लोकानामभयप्रदा

Transliteration

kaluṣatvaṃ nayatyeva rasena surasā tathā | kṛpāṃ karoti sā yasmāllokānāmabhayapradā

Translation

By her divine essence she surely removes impurity, and thus she is “Surasā” (fragrant and godly in taste). Because she bestows compassion upon the worlds and grants fearlessness, she is remembered as “Kṛpā” (Mercy).

Word by Word

• kaluṣatvam: impurity
• kaluṣatvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaluṣa-tva (प्रातिपदिक; भाववाचक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — accusative singular

• nayati: removes/leads away
• nayati: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nī (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — ‘leads/removes’

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle) — emphasis ‘indeed/only’

• rasena: by (her) essence/juice
• rasena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — instrumental singular

• surasā: fragrant/pleasant
• surasā: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: surasā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — nominative singular; विशेषण (of sā)

• tathā: thus/likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) — ‘thus/so/likewise’

• kṛpām: compassion
• kṛpām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛpā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — accusative singular

• karoti: bestows/does
• karoti: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — ‘does/makes’

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — nominative singular

• yasmāt: because/from which
• yasmāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन — ablative singular (because/from which)

• lokānām: of beings/worlds
• lokānām: Sampradana (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन — genitive plural

• abhaya-pradā: giver of fearlessness
• abhaya-pradā: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: abhaya (प्रातिपदिक) + pradā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — nominative singular; विशेषण (of sā)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Revā Khaṇḍa narrative style within Skanda Purāṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) — Surasā / Kṛpā aspects

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Clear, luminous river waters with a gentle fragrance motif (lotus/mandāra), the river-devī extending a blessing gesture of abhaya-mudrā; devotees’ faces soften from fear to peace.

Characters & Entities

• Revā (Narmadā)
• Surasā
• Kṛpā
• Abhaya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Revā-Narmadā is portrayed as a compassionate purifier who removes inner and outer defilement and grants fearlessness to devotees.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā (Narmadā) river itself as a supreme tīrtha within the Revā Khaṇḍa of the Āvantya Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated here; the emphasis is on her purifying power and the merit of honoring/remembering her divine names.