Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

ग्रामे वा यदि वारण्ये पुण्या सर्वत्र नर्मदा । रवितीर्थे विशेषेण रेवा पुण्यफलप्रदा

Transliteration

grāme vā yadi vāraṇye puṇyā sarvatra narmadā | ravitīrthe viśeṣeṇa revā puṇyaphalapradā

Translation

Au village comme en forêt, la Narmadā est sainte en tout lieu ; mais à Ravitīrtha tout particulièrement, la Revā accorde le fruit d’un grand mérite.

Word by Word

• ग्रामे: in a village
• ग्रामे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-निपात (disjunctive particle: 'or')

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional particle: 'if')

• वारण्ये: in a forest
• वारण्ये: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; 'अरण्ये' इति, 'वा' इत्यनेन सह विकल्पः

• पुण्या: holy, meritorious
• पुण्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (नर्मदायाḥ)

• सर्वत्र: everywhere
• सर्वत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place: 'everywhere')

• नर्मदा: Narmadā (river)
• नर्मदा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर्मदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• रवितीर्थे: at the Sun’s sacred ford (Ravi-tīrtha)
• रवितीर्थे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (रवेः तीर्थम्)

• विशेषेण: especially
• विशेषेण: Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-एकवचनरूपेण क्रियाविशेषणत्वेन (instrumental used adverbially: 'especially')

• रेवा: Revā (Narmadā)
• रेवा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नर्मदायाḥ पर्यायः

• पुण्यफलप्रदा: giver of the fruit of merit
• पुण्यफलप्रदा: Karta (Predicate adjective/विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक; √दा धातोः 'प्रद' इति)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (रेवायाḥ); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पुण्यस्य फलस्य प्रदा)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) — continued quoted teaching within the narrative

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ravitīrtha (on Revā/Narmadā)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A broad, luminous Narmadā flowing through both settled village edges and deep forest; pilgrims pause at a marked ford named Ravitīrtha, offering water and flowers as the sun’s radiance touches the river.

Characters & Entities

• Narmadā (Revā)
• Ravitīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All sacred rivers are holy throughout, yet specific tīrthas act as concentrated nodes of merit according to Purāṇic sacred geography.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ravitīrtha on the Revā/Narmadā, singled out as especially merit-giving.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No single rite is specified; it asserts enhanced merit specifically at Ravitīrtha.