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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

व्यभिचारात्तु भर्तुर्वै नर्मदाद्यासु धिष्णिषु । उत्पन्नाः शुचयः पुत्राः सर्वे ते धिष्ण्यपाः स्मृताः

Transliteration

vyabhicārāttu bharturvai narmadādyāsu dhiṣṇiṣu | utpannāḥ śucayaḥ putrāḥ sarve te dhiṣṇyapāḥ smṛtāḥ

Translation

Mais, par la faute du mari, dans les demeures sacrées à commencer par la Narmadā naquirent des fils purs ; tous sont commémorés comme les « Dhiṣṇyapāḥ », seigneurs et gardiens de ces sièges saints.

Word by Word
व्यभिचारात्from adultery/infidelity
व्यभिचारात्:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootव्यभिचार (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; कारण/हेतु-अर्थे (from/owing to)
तुbut/indeed
तु:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थे (but/indeed)
भर्तुःof the husband
भर्तुः:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootभर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सम्बन्धे (of)
वैindeed
वै:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)
नर्मदाद्यासुin (the abodes) beginning with Narmadā
नर्मदाद्यासु:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootनर्मदा + आदि (प्रातिपदिक); नर्मदादि (समास-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; नर्मदा-आदि-नाम्नि धिष्णिषु (in the abodes such as Narmadā etc.)
धिष्णिषुin the sacred abodes
धिष्णिषु:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootधिष्णि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; स्थानार्थे (in abodes/holy seats)
उत्पन्नाःborn
उत्पन्नाः:
Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootउत् + √पद्/√पन् (धातु) → उत्पन्न (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त/क्तवत्-प्रत्ययार्थ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (born/arisen)
शुचयःpure
शुचयः:
Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (pure)
पुत्राःsons
पुत्राः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन
सर्वेall
सर्वे:
Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (all)
तेthey
ते:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (they/those)
धिष्ण्यपाःguardians of the sacred seats
धिष्ण्यपाः:
Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता-समानााधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootधिष्ण्य + प (प्रातिपदिक); धिष्ण्यप (समास-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; धिष्ण्यस्य पाः (guardians/protectors of the abodes)
स्मृताःare called/are remembered as
स्मृताः:
Kriya (Passive predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√स्मृ (धातु) → स्मृत (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे (are called/are remembered)
Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) dhishṇis

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: O king (nṛpa) addressed in surrounding verses

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred river landscape with multiple luminous ‘seats’ along the banks; from each seat arises a radiant, pure son-guardian (Dhiṣṇyapā), standing as a protective sentinel over the tīrtha.

Characters & Entities
N
Narmadā (Revā)
D
Dhiṣṇi
D
Dhiṣṇyapāḥ

FAQs

Purāṇic storytelling links moral disorder with cosmic and social consequences, yet also shows restoration through the arising of ‘pure’ guardians of sacred order.

The focus is on the river-seats beginning with Narmadā (Revā), presenting them as protected tīrthas with appointed guardians (dhiṣṇyapāḥ).

No explicit ritual is stated; the verse explains a mythic origin for tīrtha-guardianship.

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