Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

आगतो नर्मदातीरे ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः । योऽसौ सर्वजगद्व्यापी स्वयं साक्षान्महेश्वरः

Transliteration

āgato narmadātīre brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ | yo'sau sarvajagadvyāpī svayaṃ sākṣānmaheśvaraḥ

Translation

A la orilla del Narmadā llegó Brahmā, el abuelo de los mundos; y también Aquel que lo penetra todo en el universo: el propio Maheśvara, manifiesto en persona.

Word by Word

• आगतः: has come/arrived
• आगतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकालिक), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; PPP of √गम् with उपसर्ग आ-; English: past passive participle used predicatively

• नर्मदा-तीरे: on the bank of the Narmadā
• नर्मदा-तीरे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर्मदा (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (नर्मदायाः तीरम्/तीरे); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; English: locative singular

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; English: nominative singular

• लोक-पितामहः: grandfather of the world
• लोक-पितामहः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक) + पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (लोकस्य पितामहः); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; relative pronoun

• असौ: that (one)
• असौ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; demonstrative

• सर्व-जगत्-व्यापी: all-world-pervading
• सर्व-जगत्-व्यापी: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + व्यापिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सर्वस्य जगतः व्यापी); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; adjective agreeing with महेश्वरः

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मवाचक/स्वतन्त्रता-बोधक (adverb)

• साक्षात्: directly/in person
• साक्षात्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साक्षात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-विशेषण (adverb)

• महेश्वरः: Maheśvara (Śiva)
• महेश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; within the Anasūyā episode at Revā/Narmadā)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā-tīra

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On the luminous bank of the Narmadā, Brahmā arrives with the aura of the cosmic grandsire; beside him manifests Maheśvara, vast and all-pervading, making the riverbank glow like a celestial assembly.

Characters & Entities

• Narmadā
• Brahmā
• Lokapitāmaha
• Maheśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

At a sanctified tīrtha, the transcendent Lord can become directly perceptible, affirming divine immanence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Narmadā-tīra (Revā riverbank), portrayed as a place where even the highest deities appear.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; the verse establishes the tīrtha’s exalted potency through divine visitation.