Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

पृथिवीमदहन्सर्वां सशैलवनकाननाम् । नादग्धं दृश्यते किंचिदृते रेवां च मां तथा

Transliteration

pṛthivīmadahansarvāṃ saśailavanakānanām | nādagdhaṃ dṛśyate kiṃcidṛte revāṃ ca māṃ tathā

Translation

Ils brûlèrent toute la terre, avec ses montagnes, ses forêts et ses bosquets. Rien ne paraissait épargné par le feu—sinon Revā, et moi aussi.

Word by Word

• pṛthivīm: the earth
• pṛthivīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛthivī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• adahan: they burned
• adahan: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dah (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• sarvām: entire
• sarvām: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (pṛthivīm)

• sa-śaila-vana-kānanām: together with mountains, forests, and groves
• sa-śaila-vana-kānanām: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (अव्यय/उपपद) + śaila (प्रातिपदिक) + vana (प्रातिपदिक) + kānana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (सहित-शैल-वन-कानना) = 'with mountains, forests, and groves'

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेधार्थक (negation)

• adagdham: unburnt (thing)
• adagdham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dah (धातु) → dagdha (कृदन्त) with a- (नञ्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त) + नञ्; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'unburnt'

• dṛśyate: is seen; appears
• dṛśyate: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• kiṃcit: anything
• kiṃcit: Karta (Logical subject of passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक (something/anything)

• ṛte: except
• ṛte: Apādāna (Exception/वियोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ṛte (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वर्जनार्थक उपसर्गसदृश (except/without), सामान्यतः पञ्चमी-अर्थे

• revām: Reva (Narmadā)
• revām: Karma (Object under 'except'/अपवाद)
• Type: Noun
• Root: revā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (Object under 'except'/अपवाद)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• tathā: also
• tathā: Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/प्रकार (also; likewise)

Speaker

A first-person narrator within Revā-khaṇḍa (speaker not explicit in the excerpt)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Interlocutor addressed earlier as ‘tāta’ (implied continuation)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A charred earth with blackened mountains and forests; in stark contrast, the Revā flows cool and luminous, and the lone narrator stands preserved beside her.

Characters & Entities

• Revā (Narmadā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In the vision of dissolution, Revā stands as a symbol of divine protection—suggesting that sacred presence and devotion can transcend cosmic calamity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Revā (Narmadā) herself is explicitly exalted as untouched by the burning—central to Revā-khaṇḍa’s sthala-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription is stated, but the implication aligns with Revā-snānā and tīrtha-sevā as refuge-giving practices in the Revā tradition.