Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

रेवौर्व्यासङ्गमन्तिस्था रेवाया दक्षिणे तटे । हनूमन्तवने पुण्ये चिक्रीडाहं यदृच्छया

Transliteration

revaurvyāsaṅgamantisthā revāyā dakṣiṇe taṭe | hanūmantavane puṇye cikrīḍāhaṃ yadṛcchayā

Translation

Près du confluent de la Revā, sur la rive méridionale du fleuve, dans la forêt sainte de Hanūmant, j’errai et m’ébattis là, par pur hasard.

Word by Word

• रेवा: Revā (river)
• रेवा: Adhikarana (as part of place-name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उर्व्यासङ्गमन्तिस्था: situated near Urvī’s confluence
• उर्व्यासङ्गमन्तिस्था: Adhikarana (Location descriptor)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उर्वी + आसङ्गम + अन्ति + स्था (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-आधार)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; स्थानवाचक-समासः, ‘रेवा’ इति विशेषणम् (Revā situated near the confluence with Urvī-āsaṅgama)

• रेवायाः: of the Revā
• रेवायाः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• दक्षिणे: on the southern
• दक्षिणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘तटे’ इति विशेषणम्

• तटे: bank
• तटे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• हनूमन्तवने: in Hanūmant’s forest
• हनूमन्तवने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हनूमन्त + वन (प्रातिपदिकौ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• पुण्ये: holy
• पुण्ये: Adhikarana (Location qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘वने’ इति विशेषणम्

• चिक्रीडा: I played/sported
• चिक्रीडा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रीड् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

• यदृच्छया: by chance
• यदृच्छया: Karana (Manner/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यदृच्छा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; हेतौ/प्रकारे

Speaker

A princess/maiden recounting her former-life account to a king (deduced from later vocative nṛpa and putrikā)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-saṅgama near Hanūmant-vana

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Her father (tāta) and the royal listener via frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene river confluence scene on Revā’s southern bank: a holy forest dedicated to Hanūmān, with the maiden wandering/playfully moving amid trees and river breeze.

Characters & Entities

• Revā (Narmadā)
• Vyāsa-saṅgama (a named confluence)
• Hanūmant (Hanūmān)
• Hanūmanta-vana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even an accidental encounter with a sacred riverbank and holy grove can become the doorway to great merit when connected to a tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā/Narmadā southern bank near a Vyāsa-associated saṅgama, within the sacred Hanūmant forest (contextually tied to Hanūmanteśvara).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated here; the verse primarily locates the narrative in a puṇya-kṣetra (merit-giving sacred geography).