Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

पुरमध्ये ततस्तस्मिन्नदी परमशोभना । महती पुण्यसलिला नानारत्नशिला तथा

Transliteration

puramadhye tatastasminnadī paramaśobhanā | mahatī puṇyasalilā nānāratnaśilā tathā

Translation

Alors, au cœur de cette cité, se trouvait une rivière d’une beauté suprême : vaste, aux eaux saintes, et aux pierres serties de joyaux variés.

Word by Word

• पुरमध्ये: in the middle of the city
• पुरमध्ये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुर (प्रातिपदिक) + मध्ये (मध्य, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पुरस्य मध्ये)

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• तस्मिन्: in that (place)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

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

• परमशोभना: supremely beautiful
• परमशोभना: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक) + शोभना (शोभन, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (परमा शोभना)

• महती: great; large
• महती: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• पुण्यसलिला: having holy waters
• पुण्यसलिला: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक) + सलिला (सलिल, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (पुण्यं सलिलं यस्याः/पुण्यं सलिलम्)

• नानारत्नशिला: with rocks of various gems
• नानारत्नशिला: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नाना (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + रत्न (प्रातिपदिक) + शिला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (नानाविधानि रत्नानि यासु शिलासु/रत्नशिलाः)

• तथा: also; likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक (also/likewise)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, within Revā Khaṇḍa narration; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A broad, luminous sacred river flowing through/near a city; clear holy waters with a riverbed glittering in many jewel-like stones.

Characters & Entities

• Revā (Narmadā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha is sanctified not only by deity but by its life-giving waters; purity and merit are symbolized through ‘puṇya-salilā’.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative frame is the Revā Khaṇḍa—glorifying the sacred river-region of Revā (Narmadā) and an extraordinary river within the described holy city.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse implies a bathing-sacredness context by calling the waters ‘puṇya’; explicit snāna rules are not stated here.