Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

विपाशा कौशिकी चैव सरयूः शतरुद्रिका । शिप्रा सरस्वती चैव ह्रादिनी पावनी तथा

Transliteration

vipāśā kauśikī caiva sarayūḥ śatarudrikā | śiprā sarasvatī caiva hrādinī pāvanī tathā

Translation

Vipāśā et Kauśikī, Sarayū et Śatarudrikā ; Śiprā et Sarasvatī, ainsi que Hrādinī et Pāvanī : elles aussi sont nommées parmi les rivières sanctifiantes.

Word by Word

• विपाशा: Vipāśā
• विपाशा: Karta (Enumerated subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विपाशा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• कौशिकी: Kauśikī
• कौशिकी: Karta (Enumerated subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौशिकी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• एव: also
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपातः (particle), एवकारः (indeed/also)

• सरयूः: Sarayū
• सरयूः: Karta (Enumerated subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरयू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• शतरुद्रिका: Śatarudrikā
• शतरुद्रिका: Karta (Enumerated subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत + रुद्रिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगुसमासः (शतं रुद्रिकाः/रुद्रिका); स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• शिप्रा: Śiprā
• शिप्रा: Karta (Enumerated subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिप्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• सरस्वती: Sarasvatī
• सरस्वती: Karta (Enumerated subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• एव: also
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपातः (particle), एवकारः (indeed/also)

• ह्रादिनी: Hrādinī
• ह्रादिनी: Karta (Enumerated subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ह्रादिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• पावनी: Pāvanī
• पावनी: Karta (Enumerated subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पावनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम् (adverb/conjunction), समुच्चयार्थे (also)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa), contextually narrating the Revā-khaṇḍa account to the sages

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śiprā and associated Nadī-tīrthas (Vipāśā, Kauśikī, Sarayū, Śatarudrikā, Sarasvatī, etc.)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A second procession of river-goddesses, with Śiprā highlighted near a city-temple silhouette (Ujjain), while Sarasvatī appears partly veiled/mystic to suggest her hidden course; northern rivers shown with mountain backdrops.

Characters & Entities

• Vipāśā
• Kauśikī
• Sarayū
• Śatarudrikā
• Śiprā
• Sarasvatī
• Hrādinī
• Pāvanī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse frames rivers as sacred presences; recalling them aligns the listener with tīrtha-sañcaya—an accumulation of auspiciousness through reverent remembrance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śiprā is especially relevant to Āvantya (Ujjayinī/Ujjain), while the list as a whole supports the Revā Khaṇḍa’s pan-Indian tīrtha horizon.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific vrata or dāna is stated; the verse is primarily an enumerative praise of tīrtha-rivers.