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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

जप्त्वा चैकाक्षरं ब्रह्म हृदि ध्यात्वा महेश्वरम् । स्नात्वा च मन्त्रपूताभिरथ चाद्भिर्जितव्रताः

Transliteration

japtvā caikākṣaraṃ brahma hṛdi dhyātvā maheśvaram | snātvā ca mantrapūtābhiratha cādbhirjitavratāḥ

Translation

Ayant récité le Brahman d’une seule syllabe (la semence sacrée) et médité dans le cœur sur Maheśvara; puis s’étant baignés dans des eaux purifiées par les mantras, les observants aux vœux maîtrisés se préparèrent.

Word by Word
जप्त्वाhaving recited
जप्त्वा:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootजप् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्तः (gerund): ‘having recited’
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्ययम् (conjunction)
एकाक्षरम्single-syllabled
एकाक्षरम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootएक (प्रातिपदिक) + अक्षर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गम्, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः/कर्मधारयार्थः: ‘एकम् अक्षरम्’ = ‘single-syllabled’
ब्रह्मBrahman / the sacred syllable
ब्रह्म:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गम्, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचनम्; here: sacred syllable/mantra (e.g., oṃ)
हृदिin the heart
हृदि:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootहृद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गम्, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचनम्; ‘in the heart’
ध्यात्वाhaving meditated on
ध्यात्वा:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootध्यै (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्तः: ‘having meditated (upon)’
महेश्वरम्Maheshvara (Śiva)
महेश्वरम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमहā (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गम्, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; कर्मधारयः: ‘महान् ईश्वरः’
स्नात्वाhaving bathed
स्नात्वा:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootस्ना (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्तः: ‘having bathed’
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्ययम् (conjunction)
मन्त्रपूताभिःwith (waters) purified by mantra
मन्त्रपूताभिः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + पूत (पू (धातु) + क्त)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गम् (agreeing with ‘अद्भिः’ understood), तृतीया (Instrumental), बहुवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः: ‘मन्त्रेण पूताः’ = ‘purified by mantra’
अथthen
अथ:
Sambandha (Sequencer)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formअव्ययम् (particle/adverb): ‘then/thereupon’
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्ययम् (conjunction)
अद्भिःwith waters
अद्भिः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootअप्/अद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गम् (ap-शब्दः), तृतीया (Instrumental), बहुवचनम्; ‘with waters’
जितव्रताःthose of disciplined vows
जितव्रताः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootजित (जि (धातु)+क्त) + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्; बहुव्रीहिः: ‘जितं व्रतं यैः’ = ‘whose vows are mastered/observed’
Speaker

Narrator (describing the sages’ preparatory rites in the Revā Khaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ascetics stand at the riverbank in disciplined posture: some with closed eyes in heart-meditation, lips moving in japa; then they step into the water, sprinkling and bathing as if the water itself glows with mantra.

Characters & Entities
M
Maheśvara (Śiva)
E
Ekākṣara (single-syllable mantra)
M
Mantra
S
Snāna (ritual bath)

FAQs

Purity arises from a combined discipline of mantra-japa, inner meditation on Śiva, and sacred bathing—uniting yoga and tīrtha practice.

Revā/Narmadā waters as mantra-purified bathing waters within the Revā Khaṇḍa sacred landscape.

Perform ekākṣara-japa, meditate on Maheśvara in the heart, and undertake snāna in waters sanctified by mantra while observing vows.

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