Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

स्नात्वा रेवाजले पुण्ये प्रदद्यादधिकं व्रती । सप्तद्वीपवती तेन ससागरवनापगा

Transliteration

snātvā revājale puṇye pradadyādadhikaṃ vratī | saptadvīpavatī tena sasāgaravanāpagā

Translation

Après s’être baigné dans les eaux sacrées de la Revā, le dévot observant son vœu doit offrir une aumône abondante. Par cet acte, la terre entière—avec ses sept continents, ses océans, ses forêts et ses rivières—est comme dûment honorée et comblée.

Word by Word

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभावः

• रेवाजले: in the waters of the Revā (Narmadā)
• रेवाजले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेवा + जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (रेवायाः जलम्)

• पुण्ये: holy
• पुण्ये: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण (रेवाजले)

• प्रदद्यात्: should give (as donation)
• प्रदद्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• अधिकम्: more; extra
• अधिकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (दाने)

• व्रती: the vow-observer
• व्रती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रतिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• सप्तद्वीपवती: (the earth) possessing seven continents
• सप्तद्वीपवती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त + द्वीप + वत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (सप्तद्वीपाः यस्याः सा) + वत्-प्रत्यय; विशेषण (धरणी/पृथिवी implied)

• तेन: by that (act)
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• ससागरवनापगा: with oceans, forests, and rivers
• ससागरवनापगा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + सागर + वन + अपगा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (ससागराः सवनाः सापगाः)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from the immediate continuation: “śaṅkaraḥ abravīt” in the next verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Vratī/pilgrim as addressee

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vratī bathes in the flowing Revā at dawn, then offers abundant charity on the bank; the earth is imagined as the seven continents encircled by oceans, receiving satisfaction.

Characters & Entities

• Revā (Narmadā)
• Saptadvīpa (seven continents/regions)
• Dharaṇī (Earth)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is completed by generosity: sacred bathing in the Revā should be followed by abundant charity for fuller merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā (Narmadā) river and its sacred waters as a tīrtha within the Revā-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) in the Revā followed by dāna (giving charity), especially by one observing a vrata.