Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 92

Devanagari script

एवमादिसहस्राणि लक्षकोटिशतानि च । सशिष्याश्च महाभागा नर्मदातटमाश्रिताः

Transliteration

evamādisahasrāṇi lakṣakoṭiśatāni ca | saśiṣyāśca mahābhāgā narmadātaṭamāśritāḥ

Translation

Ainsi, par milliers—par centaines de milliers et même par crores—des êtres illustres, avec leurs disciples, prirent refuge sur la rive de la Narmadā.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक/उपपद (adverbial particle: ‘thus’)

• आदि: etc., beginning
• आदि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘आदि’ = beginning/et cetera (here as prior member in compound)

• सहस्राणि: thousands
• सहस्राणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• लक्ष: hundred-thousand (lakh)
• लक्ष: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; (as numeral member in compound)

• कोटि: crore
• कोटि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; (as numeral member in compound)

• शतानि: hundreds
• शतानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

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

• स-शिष्याः: with (their) disciples
• स-शिष्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिष्य (प्रातिपदिक) + स (उपसर्ग/पूर्वपद ‘सह’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सह-सम्बन्धे तत्पुरुषः (‘with disciples’)

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

• महाभागाः: noble/fortunate (ones)
• महाभागाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभाग (प्रातिपदिक: महा + भाग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (‘greatly fortunate/noble’)

• नर्मदा-तटम्: the bank of the Narmadā
• नर्मदा-तटम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर्मदा (प्रातिपदिक) + तट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘of Narmadā’ + ‘bank’)

• आश्रिताः: having taken refuge/residing
• आश्रिताः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-श्रि (धातु) → आश्रित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘आश्रित’ = having resorted to

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā-taṭa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sweeping riverbank of the Narmadā with countless saffron-clad sages and their disciples arriving in waves—staffs, kamaṇḍalus, deer-skins, and palm-leaf manuscripts—forming a living garland along the water’s edge.

Characters & Entities

• Narmadā (Revā)
• Sages
• Disciples

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sacred riverbank becomes a living tīrtha when saints and disciples assemble there in dharma and devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Narmadā riverbank (Revā-taṭa) itself is glorified as a vast sacred settlement of sages.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; it highlights the dharmic act of resorting to a holy riverbank in the company of the virtuous.