Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

जलप्रवेशं यः कुर्यात्तत्र तीर्थे नराधिप । ध्यायमानो महादेवं वारुणं लोकमाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

jalapraveśaṃ yaḥ kuryāttatra tīrthe narādhipa | dhyāyamāno mahādevaṃ vāruṇaṃ lokamāpnuyāt

Translation

Ô roi, quiconque entre dans les eaux en ce tīrtha—méditant sur Mahādeva—atteint le monde de Varuṇa.

Word by Word

• jala-praveśam: entry into water
• jala-praveśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jala (प्रातिपदिक) + praveśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (जलस्य प्रवेशः)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• kuryāt: should do
• kuryāt: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (there)

• tīrthe: at the tīrtha
• tīrthe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• nara-adhipa: O ruler of men
• nara-adhipa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक) + adhipa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (नराणाम् अधिपः)

• dhyāyamānaḥ: meditating
• dhyāyamānaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhyai (धातु) + śānac (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शानच्), आत्मनेपद-भावः, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; “meditating”

• mahā-devam: Mahādeva (Śiva)
• mahā-devam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महान् देवः)

• vāruṇam: of Varuṇa
• vāruṇam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vāruṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (Varuṇa-related)

• lokam: world, realm
• lokam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• āpnuyāt: would attain
• āpnuyāt: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āp (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Śaṅkara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (unnamed sub-site)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: narādhipa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee stands waist-deep in the Revā, eyes closed in Mahādeva-dhyāna; above the waters appears Varuṇa on makara with pāśa, surrounded by aquatic motifs and pearl-like luminescence; a Śiva shrine anchors the bank.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva
• Varuṇa
• Vāruṇa-loka
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Meditation on Mahādeva combined with tīrtha-contact (water) is presented as a direct cause for higher-loka attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha under discussion (connected to Daśāśvamedha) where water-rites yield exceptional fruit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Jala-praveśa (entering the sacred waters) while performing Mahādeva-dhyāna.