Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

माण्डव्यखातमारभ्य सङ्गमं वापि यच्छुभम् । रेवाया आमलक्याश्च देवक्षेत्रं महेश्वरम्

Transliteration

māṇḍavyakhātamārabhya saṅgamaṃ vāpi yacchubham | revāyā āmalakyāśca devakṣetraṃ maheśvaram

Translation

Depuis le bassin sacré de Māṇḍavya jusqu’à l’heureuse confluence de la Revā et de l’Āmalakī, toute cette contrée est le champ divin (devakṣetra) de Maheśvara.

Word by Word

• माण्डव्यखातम्: (from) Māṇḍavya’s excavation/pond
• माण्डव्यखातम्: Apadana (Point of departure/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माण्डव्य-खात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd); एकवचन

• आरभ्य: starting from
• आरभ्य: Apadana (From/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ-रभ् (धातु)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्गपूर्वक-क्त्वान्तप्रयोगे विकसित-अव्यय (gerund used adverbially: ‘starting from’)

• सङ्गमम्: the confluence
• सङ्गमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd); एकवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक-निपात (disjunctive particle)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle: also/even)

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd); एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (relative)

• शुभम्: auspicious
• शुभम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd); एकवचन; विशेषण (यत्/सङ्गमम् इति)

• रेवायाः: of the Revā (Narmadā)
• रेवायाः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th); एकवचन

• आमलक्याः: of Āmalakī
• आमलक्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आमलकी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th); एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• देवक्षेत्रम्: the divine sacred region
• देवक्षेत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd); एकवचन; विशेष्य (महेश्वरम् इति)

• महेश्वरम्: great; of Maheśvara
• महेश्वरम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मह-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd); एकवचन; विशेषण (देवक्षेत्रम् इति)

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Māṇḍavya-khāta to Revā–Āmalakī-saṅgama devakṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A map-like sacred panorama: a rṣi’s pool (Māṇḍavya-khāta) at one end, a winding Revā river, and at the other end a luminous saṅgama where Revā meets Āmalakī; the entire land between glows as a devakṣetra with small shrines and pilgrims.

Characters & Entities

• Māṇḍavya (khāta)
• Revā (Narmadā)
• Āmalakī (river)
• Maheśvara (Śiva)
• Saṅgama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography is not isolated to one shrine; whole riverine landscapes can be consecrated as Śiva’s devakṣetra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tract from Māṇḍavya’s tank to the Revā–Āmalakī confluence is praised as Maheśvara’s holy domain.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the verse delineates a sacred pilgrimage zone (devakṣetra) for reverent visitation.