Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

आगच्छन्तीं नृपश्रेष्ठ दृष्ट्वा रेवां महोदधिः । प्रणम्य च पुनर्देवीं सङ्गमे रेवया सह

Transliteration

āgacchantīṃ nṛpaśreṣṭha dṛṣṭvā revāṃ mahodadhiḥ | praṇamya ca punardevīṃ saṅgame revayā saha

Translation

Ô meilleur des rois, voyant Revā (Narmadā) s’avancer, le grand Océan se prosterna avec révérence ; puis, au lieu de la confluence, il salua de nouveau la Déesse avec Revā.

Word by Word

• आगच्छन्तीम्: (her) coming/approaching
• आगच्छन्तीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु) → आगच्छन्ती (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle)

• नृपश्रेष्ठ: O best of kings
• नृपश्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (vocative), एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (नृपाणां श्रेष्ठः)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); ‘having seen’

• रेवाम्: Reva (Narmadā)
• रेवाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• महोदधिः: the great ocean
• महोदधिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महोदधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् उदधिः)

• प्रणम्य: having bowed
• प्रणम्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-नम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); ‘having bowed’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/पुनरावृत्ति-बोधक अव्यय (adverb)

• देवीम्: the goddess
• देवीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सङ्गमे: at the confluence
• सङ्गमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• रेवया: with Reva
• रेवया: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/सह), एकवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अव्यय (postposition/adverb meaning ‘with’)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-sāgara-saṅgama

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpaśreṣṭha (best of kings)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the river’s mouth, the personified Ocean rises in waves like folded hands, bowing to the approaching Revā-devī; at the confluence both are saluted as goddesses amid luminous waters.

Characters & Entities

• Revā (Narmadā)
• Mahodadhi/Sāgara (Ocean)
• Revā as Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even cosmic powers (the ocean) honor the sanctity of the Goddess-River, teaching reverence for tīrthas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Revā–Sāgara-saṅgama, where Narmadā meets the ocean.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, praṇāma (reverential salutation) to the Devī at the confluence.