Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 106

Devanagari script

त्वमुमे तारयस्वास्मानस्मात्संसारकर्दमात् । ततोऽवतीर्य मुरवे पूर्वमर्द्धं निवेदयेत्

Transliteration

tvamume tārayasvāsmānasmātsaṃsārakardamāt | tato'vatīrya murave pūrvamarddhaṃ nivedayet

Translation

« Ô Umā, délivre-nous de cette boue de l’existence mondaine. » Puis, en descendant (de la balance/du siège), qu’on offre d’abord la première part à Murāri (Viṣṇu).

Word by Word

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम् — pronoun nominative singular

• उमे: O Umā
• उमे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचनम् — vocative

• तारयस्व: save; deliver
• तारयस्व: Kriyā (Predicate action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तॄ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुषः (2nd), एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्; causative sense in usage ‘cause to cross/save’ — ‘save!’

• अस्मान्: us
• अस्मान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचनम् — pronoun accusative plural

• अस्मात्: from this
• अस्मात्: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम्/अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचनम् — ablative ‘from this’

• संसारकर्दमात्: from the mire of worldly existence
• संसारकर्दमात्: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसार + कर्दम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचनम्; समासः: संसारस्य कर्दमः = ‘the mire of saṃsāra’

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रमवाचक) — indeclinable ‘then/thereafter’

• अवतीर्य: having descended
• अवतीर्य: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-तॄ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive) — ‘having descended’

• मुरवे: to Mura (a recipient)
• मुरवे: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचनम् — dative singular

• पूर्वम्: the first
• पूर्वम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम् — used adjectivally ‘former/first’

• अर्द्धम्: half
• अर्द्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्द्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम् — accusative singular

• निवेदयेत्: should present/offer
• निवेदयेत्: Kriyā (Predicate action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-विद् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम् — ‘should present/offer/inform’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Āvantya Khaṇḍa, Revā Khaṇḍa instructional passage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee prays to Umā for rescue from the muddy mire of saṃsāra; then steps down from a ceremonial balance/seat and offers the first portion at a Viṣṇu altar (Murāri), with priests and offerings arranged nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Umā
• Saṃsāra
• Murāri (Viṣṇu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True charity is joined to liberation-seeking devotion: one prays to Umā for deliverance from saṃsāra and completes the rite with sacred offering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā Khaṇḍa’s Narmadā sacred landscape underlies the teaching, presenting dāna as a path to tīrtha-merit and spiritual release.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recite a saving-prayer to Umā, then descend and offer the first portion of the weighed donation to Murāri (Viṣṇu).