Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थान्यनेकानि पुण्यान्यायतनानि च । भ्रमित्वा नर्मदां प्राप्तः सर्वपापप्रणाशिनीम्

Transliteration

tatra tīrthānyanekāni puṇyānyāyatanāni ca | bhramitvā narmadāṃ prāptaḥ sarvapāpapraṇāśinīm

Translation

Là, il erra parmi de nombreux gués sacrés et des sanctuaires saints ; et enfin il atteignit la Narmadā, celle qui détruit tous les péchés.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: ‘there’)

• तीर्थानि: pilgrimage places
• तीर्थानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• अनेकानि: many
• अनेकानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनेक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘तीर्थानि’)

• पुण्यानि: holy, meritorious
• पुण्यानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘आयतनानि’)

• आयतनानि: abodes, shrines
• आयतनानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयतन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

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

• भ्रमित्वा: having wandered
• भ्रमित्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भ्रम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); ‘भ्रम्’ धातोः; पूर्वकालिकक्रिया (having wandered)

• नर्मदाम्: Narmadā (river)
• नर्मदाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर्मदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• प्राप्तः: (he) reached
• प्राप्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्राप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे (as adjectival to subject)

• सर्वपापप्रणाशिनीम्: destroyer of all sins
• सर्वपापप्रणाशिनीम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + पाप + प्रणाशिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘नर्मदाम्’); समासः: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारय-प्रायः (‘सर्वेषां पापानां प्रणाशिनी’)

Speaker

Narrator of Revā Khaṇḍa (deduced; explicit speaker not in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Narmadā (Revā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A lone pilgrim, dusted from travel, moves through a landscape dotted with small shrines and banyan trees; in the distance the broad Narmadā glitters, personified as a serene river-goddess; the pilgrim’s hands are joined in añjali as he approaches the ghāṭa.

Characters & Entities

• Narmadā
• Revā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage culminates in transformative purification, with Narmadā praised as a supreme remover of sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Narmadā (Revā) river itself is glorified as ‘sarva-pāpa-praṇāśinī’ (destroyer of all sins).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied pilgrimage practice: visiting tīrthas and approaching the Narmadā for purification (snāna is implied by tīrtha context though not stated).