Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

सप्तषष्टिसहस्राणि सप्तषष्टिशतानि च । सप्तषष्टिस्तथा कोट्यो वायुस्तीर्थानि चाब्रवीत्

Transliteration

saptaṣaṣṭisahasrāṇi saptaṣaṣṭiśatāni ca | saptaṣaṣṭistathā koṭyo vāyustīrthāni cābravīt

Translation

Soixante-sept mille, et aussi soixante-sept centaines; et de même soixante-sept crores : ainsi Vāyu énonça les tīrthas.

Word by Word

• sapta-ṣaṣṭi-sahasrāṇi: sixty-seven thousand(s)
• sapta-ṣaṣṭi-sahasrāṇi: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sapta + ṣaṣṭi + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), बहुवचन (Plural); संख्या-समासः (67 thousands)

• sapta-ṣaṣṭi-śatāni: sixty-seven hundred(s)
• sapta-ṣaṣṭi-śatāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sapta + ṣaṣṭi + śata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), बहुवचन (Plural); संख्या-समासः (67 hundreds)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• sapta-ṣaṣṭiḥ: sixty-seven
• sapta-ṣaṣṭiḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sapta + ṣaṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); संख्या-समासः (67)

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: likewise/thus)

• koṭyaḥ: crores
• koṭyaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: koṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), बहुवचन (Plural)

• vāyuḥ: Vāyu
• vāyuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāyu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• tīrthāni: tīrthas, sacred fords
• tīrthāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• abravīt: said, spoke
• abravīt: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: brū (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (Aorist/Past), परस्मैपद (Active), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Vāyu

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā tīrthāni (as declared by Vāyu)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vāyu personified as a radiant deity moving over the river, ‘speaking’ tīrtha numbers; the riverbanks sparkle with countless sacred points, like stars mapped onto earth.

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu
• Narmadā (Revā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tradition uses sacred enumeration to communicate inexhaustible holiness—Revā’s tīrthas are beyond ordinary counting.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The collective tīrthas of the Revā/Narmadā region, presented through Vāyu’s authoritative count.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the focus is doxological—magnifying the tīrtha-network to inspire pilgrimage and reverence.