Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

अधिकौ सर्वदेवानां रूपैश्चर्यसमन्वितौ । नर्मदातटमाश्रित्य भृगुकच्छे गतावुभौ । परां सिद्धिमनुप्राप्तौ तपः कृत्वा सुदुश्चरम्

Transliteration

adhikau sarvadevānāṃ rūpaiścaryasamanvitau | narmadātaṭamāśritya bhṛgukacche gatāvubhau | parāṃ siddhimanuprāptau tapaḥ kṛtvā suduścaram

Translation

あらゆる神々の美をも凌ぎ、驚くべき光輝を具えた二人は、ナルマダー河の岸に依りてブリグカッチャへ赴いた。そこで苛烈にして困難な苦行（タパス）を修し、ついに最高の成就を得た。

Word by Word

• adhikau: superior/exceeding
• adhikau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: adhika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; विशेषण

• sarvadevānām: of all the gods
• sarvadevānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative) ‘सर्वेषां देवानाम्’; पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• rūpaiḥ: by (their) forms/beauty
• rūpaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• carya-samanvitau: endowed with marvel
• carya-samanvitau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: carya (प्रातिपदिक) + samanvita (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (carya-samanvita = ‘endowed with wondrousness’); samanvita = सम्-√i (धातु) क्त/PPP; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; विशेषण

• narmadā-taṭam: the bank of the Narmadā
• narmadā-taṭam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: narmadā (प्रातिपदिक) + taṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (नर्मदायाः तटः); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• āśritya: having resorted to
• āśritya: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial to main action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√śri (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund); ‘having resorted to’

• bhṛgu-kacche: at Bhṛgukaccha
• bhṛgu-kacche: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhṛgu (प्रातिपदिक) + kaccha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (भृगोः कच्छः); पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• gatau: gone
• gatau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gam (धातु) → gata (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: √gam क्त/PPP; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; विशेषण (predicate)

• ubhau: both
• ubhau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ubha (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; सर्वनाम-प्रयोग

• parām: supreme
• parām: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• siddhim: attainment/perfection
• siddhim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• anuprāptau: having attained
• anuprāptau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anu-√prāp (धातु) → anuprāpta (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: anu-√prāp क्त/PPP; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; विशेषण

• tapaḥ: austerity
• tapaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• kṛtvā: having performed
• kṛtvā: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund) ‘having done/performed’

• suduścaram: very difficult (to perform)
• suduścaram: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su- + duścara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (tapaḥ-विशेषण)

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya (narrating to Yudhiṣṭhira)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhṛgukaccha (Narmadā-taṭa tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha (Yudhiṣṭhira)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two dazzling ascetics (still youthful, radiant) seated in severe tapas on the Narmadā bank near Bhṛgukaccha—river flowing, wind in trees, aura surpassing devas.

Characters & Entities

• Narmadā
• Bhṛgukaccha
• Nāsatyau (Aśvinīkumāras)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Austerity performed in a sacred landscape (tīrtha) ripens quickly into siddhi, showing the synergy of place and practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bhṛgukaccha on the bank of the Narmadā (Revā).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas (severe austerity) is praised as the means by which the highest siddhi is attained at this sacred site.