Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

रेवायां भास्करक्षेत्रे प्राच्यां सागरसंगमे । एकाहमपि यः स्नातश्चातुर्मास्ये न दोषभाक्

Transliteration

revāyāṃ bhāskarakṣetre prācyāṃ sāgarasaṃgame | ekāhamapi yaḥ snātaścāturmāsye na doṣabhāk

Translation

Quiconque se baigne ne fût-ce qu’un seul jour dans la Revā (Narmadā), à Bhāskara-kṣetra, au confluent oriental avec l’océan, ne contracte aucune faute durant la saison de Cāturmāsya.

Word by Word

• रेवायाम्: in/on the Revā (Narmadā)
• रेवायाम्: अधिकरण (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (नदी-नाम)

• भास्करक्षेत्रे: in Bhāskara-kṣetra
• भास्करक्षेत्रे: अधिकरण (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्कर + क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: भास्करस्य क्षेत्रम् (Bhāskara’s sacred region)

• प्राच्याम्: in the east
• प्राच्याम्: अधिकरण (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राची (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; दिग्वाचक (eastern region)

• सागरसंगमे: at the ocean-confluence
• सागरसंगमे: अधिकरण (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सागर + संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: सागरस्य संगमः (confluence with the ocean)

• एकाहम्: for one day
• एकाहम्: कालाधिकरण (Time-extent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक + अह (अहन्) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; द्विगुः: एकः अहः (one day)

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: निपात (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्भावना/समुच्चयार्थक (also/even)

• यः: who
• यः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• स्नातः: having bathed
• स्नातः: कर्ता-विशेषण (Predicate adjective of subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘having bathed/bathed’

• चातुर्मास्ये: in Cāturmāsya
• चातुर्मास्ये: अधिकरण (Locative/Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चातुर्मास्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: निषेध (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation)

• दोषभाक्: a bearer of fault/guilt
• दोषभाक्: कर्ता-विशेषण (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दोष + भाज् (भाक्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः: दोषं भजते/भाक् (partaker of fault)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhāskara-kṣetra on Revā (Narmadā); sāgara-saṅgama (eastern confluence)

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A bright-sun (Bhāskara) themed riverbank: the Narmadā flowing toward an estuary where river meets ocean; a pilgrim performs one-day Cāturmāsya snāna with arghya to the rising sun.

Characters & Entities

• Revā (Narmadā)
• Bhāskara-kṣetra
• Sāgara (Ocean)
• Cāturmāsya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even a brief, faithful tīrtha-bath during Cāturmāsya is praised as a strong purifier that protects one from accruing spiritual fault.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Revā (Narmadā) at Bhāskara-kṣetra, specifically at the eastern ocean-confluence (sāgara-saṅgama).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform snāna (ritual bathing) at the specified tīrtha—even for a single day—during Cāturmāsya.