Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

त्रिषु लोकेषु विख्याता महापातकनाशिनी । भवामि देवदेवेश प्रसन्नो यदि मन्यसे

Transliteration

triṣu lokeṣu vikhyātā mahāpātakanāśinī | bhavāmi devadeveśa prasanno yadi manyase

Translation

Ô Seigneur, Seigneur des seigneurs des dieux, si tu le juges bon et t’en réjouis, que je sois renommée dans les trois mondes comme celle qui détruit les grands péchés.

Word by Word

• त्रिषु: in the three
• त्रिषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; ‘लोकेषु’ इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषण

• लोकेषु: in the worlds
• लोकेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; अधिकरण

• विख्याता: well-known, renowned
• विख्याता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-ख्यात (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त—ख्यै धातोः क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (स्त्री)

• महापातकनाशिनी: destroyer of great sins
• महापातकनाशिनी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महापातक-नाशिनी (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘महापातकानां नाशिनी’ इति विशेषण

• भवामि: I become / I shall be
• भवामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• देवदेवेश: O Lord of the gods
• देवदेवेश: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-देव-ईश (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; संबोधन-पद

• प्रसन्नः: pleased, gracious
• प्रसन्नः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसन्न (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त—सद्/सन् धातोः क्त/न)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृ-विशेषण—‘(अहं) प्रसन्नः’

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional conjunction: ‘if’)

• मन्यसे: you think, you consider
• मन्यसे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Narmadā (addressing Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpasattama (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Narmadā-devī in añjali before Śiva (Vṛṣavāhana), requesting the boon of being famed in the three worlds as mahāpātaka-nāśinī; cosmic backdrop hinting at the three lokas.

Characters & Entities

• Narmadā
• Devadeveśa (Śiva)
• Three worlds (trailokya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred rivers are not merely geography; by divine sanction they become instruments of purification, even from mahāpātakas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Narmadā/Revā is presented as a universally renowned purifier across the three worlds.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No single rite is named; the statement underwrites the general purificatory efficacy of Narmadā-related tīrtha practices (snāna, worship, pilgrimage).