Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

मम कूले महेशान उमया सह दैवतैः । वस नित्यं जगन्नाथ एष एव वरो मम

Transliteration

mama kūle maheśāna umayā saha daivataiḥ | vasa nityaṃ jagannātha eṣa eva varo mama

Translation

Ô Maheśāna, demeure à jamais sur ma rive, avec Umā et les dieux. Ô Seigneur du monde, tel est l’unique don que je demande.

Word by Word

• मम: my
• मम: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• कूले: on the bank
• कूले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• महेशान: O Maheśāna
• महेशान: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेशान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• उमया: with Umā
• उमया: Sahakarana (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; सहार्थे करण

• सह: together with
• सह: Sambandha (Accompaniment marker/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहार्थक-अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश (preposition-like indeclinable)

• दैवतैः: with the deities
• दैवतैः: Sahakarana (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैवत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; सहार्थे करण

• वस: dwell
• वस: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Sambandha (Temporal adverb/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाववत्)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• जगन्नाथ: O Lord of the world
• जगन्नाथ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (world's lord)

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphasis)

• वरः: boon
• वरः: Karta (Predicate nominative/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• मम: my
• मम: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

Speaker

Narmadā (addressing Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kūla kṣetra (Śiva-Umā nitya-vāsa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Revā asks Śiva: ‘Dwell forever on my bank with Umā and the gods.’ Depict Śiva-Umā establishing a riverside abode; devas assemble; the riverbank transforms into a luminous kṣetra with a liṅga shrine and perpetual lamps.

Characters & Entities

• Narmadā
• Maheśāna (Śiva)
• Umā (Pārvatī)
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha becomes supremely sanctifying when the deity’s presence is affirmed—Narmadā seeks Śiva’s perpetual abode at her shore.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The banks of the Narmadā (Revā) as a perpetual Śaiva-kṣetra due to Śiva-Umā’s residence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed; the focus is on the boon of divine indwelling that sanctifies all related worship and pilgrimage.