Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

नमामि ते सर्ववरे सुखप्रदे विमोचयास्मानघपाशबद्धान्

Transliteration

namāmi te sarvavare sukhaprade vimocayāsmānaghapāśabaddhān

Translation

Je me prosterne devant Toi, ô dispensatrice de toute grâce, donatrice du bien-être. Délivre-nous, nous qui sommes liés par les nœuds du péché.

Word by Word

• namāmi: I bow
• namāmi: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nam (धातु)
• Form: लट्, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी एकवचन

• sarva-vare: O best of all
• sarva-vare: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; 'best of all' as vocative epithet

• sukha-prade: O giver of happiness
• sukha-prade: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sukha (प्रातिपदिक) + prada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• vimocaya: release
• vimocaya: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi + muc (धातु)
• Form: लोट्, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; imperative: 'release!'

• asmān: us
• asmān: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया बहुवचन; 'us'

• agha-pāśa-baddhān: bound by the noose of sin
• agha-pāśa-baddhān: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: agha (प्रातिपदिक) + pāśa (प्रातिपदिक) + baddha (bandh धातोः क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया बहुवचन; past participle used adjectivally qualifying 'asmān'—'bound by the noose of sin'

Speaker

Devotees/dvijas addressing Revā directly in prayer

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee kneels at the river, hands raised in prayer; faint dark cords (symbolic sin-nooses) loosen and dissolve as the cool water touches them; Revā-devī’s compassionate gaze grants release.

Characters & Entities

• Revā (Narmadā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere surrender to the tīrtha-devī is framed as a means for inner purification and release from karmic bondage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Revā/Narmadā as a boon-giver and remover of sin.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A direct supplicatory prayer (śaraṇāgati) is voiced; no specific external rite is named.