Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

यत्किंचित्क्रियते जाप्यं यच्च दानं प्रदीयते । नर्मदाजलमाश्रित्य तत्सर्वं चाक्षयं भवेत्

Transliteration

yatkiṃcitkriyate jāpyaṃ yacca dānaṃ pradīyate | narmadājalamāśritya tatsarvaṃ cākṣayaṃ bhavet

Translation

Quel que soit le japa accompli, et quel que soit le dāna offert—en s’appuyant sur les eaux de la Narmadā—tout cela devient impérissable, au mérite infaillible.

Word by Word

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Sambandha (Correlative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• किंचित्: anything (at all)
• किंचित्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किंचित् (सर्वनाम/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थक सर्वनाम (indefinite pronoun)

• क्रियते: is done
• क्रियते: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, आत्मनेपद, कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• जाप्यम्: japa (recitation)
• जाप्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाप्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘japa’ as a thing to be recited

• यत्: and whatever
• यत्: Sambandha (Correlative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• दानम्: a gift/charity
• दानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रदीयते: is given
• प्रदीयते: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, आत्मनेपद, कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; उपसर्ग: प्र-

• नर्मदाजलम्: the water of the Narmadā
• नर्मदाजलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर्मदा + जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (नर्मदायाः जलम्)

• आश्रित्य: having resorted to
• आश्रित्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-श्रि (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); उपसर्ग: आ-; ‘having resorted to/depending on’

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; निर्देशक सर्वनाम

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• अक्षयम्: imperishable
• अक्षयम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa/Phala (Result qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• भवेत्: would become / becomes
• भवेत्: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (contextual deduction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at the Narmadā perform japa while others offer dāna—water poured from a small vessel into the recipient’s hand; the river is depicted as a luminous goddess whose presence seals the gifts as ‘akṣaya’.

Characters & Entities

• Narmadā (Revā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha magnifies dharmic acts: japa and dāna performed with Narmadā as support yield inexhaustible merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Narmadā (Revā) and her sacred waters.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform japa and give charity while taking refuge in/using Narmadā’s water (e.g., at her banks, for snāna/ācamanā, or as tīrtha context).