Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

इत्युक्त्वा च महादेवस्तत्रैवान्तरधीयत । अनन्तरं हव्यवाहः सस्नौ रेवाजले त्वरन्

Transliteration

ityuktvā ca mahādevastatraivāntaradhīyata | anantaraṃ havyavāhaḥ sasnau revājale tvaran

Translation

Ayant ainsi parlé, Mahādeva disparut sur-le-champ. Aussitôt après, Havyavāha se hâta et se baigna dans les eaux sacrées de la Revā.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative particle)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त; पूर्वकाल (absolutive/gerund)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• महादेवः: Mahādeva (Śiva)
• महादेवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• अन्तर्धीयत: disappeared
• अन्तर्धीयत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अन्तर्धा (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• अनन्तरम्: immediately/afterwards
• अनन्तरम्: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोग; कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• हव्यवाहः: Havyavāha (Agni, fire)
• हव्यवाहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हव्यवाह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• सस्नौ: bathed
• सस्नौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• रेवाजले: in the waters of the Revā (Narmadā)
• रेवाजले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेवा (प्रातिपदिक) + जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative); एकवचन; (रेवायाः जले)

• त्वरन्: hastening
• त्वरन्: Kriya (अनुबन्ध/सहायकक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्वर् (धातु) + शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमान-कर्तरि कृदन्त (शतृ); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणभावे (as attendant participle)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Revā Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (Narmadā) associated with Piṅgaleśvara

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (bhūpa) addressed in the narrative

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mahādeva speaks and instantly dissolves from sight; Agni (Havyavāha) rushes to the Revā’s shimmering waters and enters for a purifying bath.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• Havyavāha (Agni)
• Revā (Narmadā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Prompt obedience to divine instruction completes the path of grace—faith is expressed through immediate dharmic action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Revā-jala (the waters of the Revā/Narmadā), central to the Revā Khaṇḍa’s sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sacred bathing (snāna) in the Revā river at the indicated tīrtha.