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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

येऽपि भक्तया सकृत्तोये नर्मदाया महेश्वरम् । स्नात्वा ते सर्वं पापं नाशयन्त्यसंशयम्

Transliteration

ye'pi bhaktayā sakṛttoye narmadāyā maheśvaram | snātvā te sarvaṃ pāpaṃ nāśayantyasaṃśayam

Translation

Even those who, with devotion, bathe just once in the waters of Narmadā in connection with Maheśvara destroy all sin, without doubt.

Word by Word
येthose who
ये:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)
अपिeven
अपि:
Sambandha/Emphasis (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (particle: even/also)
भक्त्याwith devotion
भक्त्या:
Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
TypeNoun
Rootभक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
सकृत्once
सकृत्:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसकृत् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; संख्यावाचक/आवृत्तिवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (once)
तोयेin the water
तोये:
Adhikaraṇa (Locative)
TypeNoun
Rootतोय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
नर्मदायाःof Narmadā
नर्मदायाः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootनर्मदा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
महेश्वरम्Maheśvara (Śiva)
महेश्वरम्:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootमहेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (महान् ईश्वरः)
स्नात्वाhaving bathed
स्नात्वा:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootस्ना (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having bathed)
तेthey
ते:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; अन्वय—‘ये … ते’ (correlative)
सर्वम्all
सर्वम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘पापम्’)
पापम्sin
पापम्:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootपाप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
नाशयन्तिdestroy
नाशयन्ति:
Kriyā (Action)
TypeVerb
Rootनाशय् (धातु; णिच् causative of नश्)
Formलट्-लकार (Present); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्
असंशयम्without doubt
असंशयम्:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअसंशयम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात/क्रियाविशेषण (certainly, without doubt)
Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from immediate narrative context; explicit in Adhyāya 9 opening)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Maheśvara-tīrtha on Narmadā (Maheshwar)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Maheshwar’s stepped ghats, a devotee enters the Narmadā once with folded hands; above, a subtle vision of Maheśvara (Śiva) or a liṅga radiates, while dark smoke-like ‘sins’ dissolve into the water’s light.

Characters & Entities
N
Narmadā (Revā)
M
Maheśvara (Śiva)

FAQs

Devotional contact with a supreme tīrtha—Narmadā—brings powerful purification, especially when oriented toward Śiva.

Narmadā (Revā) as a sin-destroying river-tīrtha associated with Maheśvara.

Sakṛt-snānā: bathing even once in Narmadā’s waters with devotion (bhakti) and Śiva (Maheśvara) in view.

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