Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

अस्य श्राद्धस्य भावेन ब्राह्मणस्य प्रसादतः । नर्मदातोयभावेन न्यायार्जितधनस्य च । तेषां चैव प्रभावेन प्रेता यान्तु परां गतिम्

Transliteration

asya śrāddhasya bhāvena brāhmaṇasya prasādataḥ | narmadātoyabhāvena nyāyārjitadhanasya ca | teṣāṃ caiva prabhāvena pretā yāntu parāṃ gatim

Translation

このシュラッダの真実の志と、ブラーフマナの加護と、ナルマダーの聖なる水の清浄力と、正しく得た財の功徳と——それらすべての力によって——亡き霊が至上の境地に至らんことを。

Word by Word

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-रूप (genitive singular)

• श्राद्धस्य: of the śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• भावेन: by the intention/feeling
• भावेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• ब्राह्मणस्य: of the brāhmaṇa
• ब्राह्मणस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• प्रसादतः: through (his) grace
• प्रसादतः: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb) = 'from/through (the) grace'

• नर्मदा: Narmadā
• नर्मदा: Sambandha (as compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर्मदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (समासपूर्वपद)

• तोय: water
• तोय: Sambandha (as compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (समासपूर्वपद)

• भावेन: by the nature/quality
• भावेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• नर्मदातोयभावेन: by the quality of Narmadā-water
• नर्मदातोयभावेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर्मदा + तोय + भाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/सम्बन्ध-तत्पुरुष: 'नर्मदाया तोयस्य भावः'

• न्याय: justice; lawful means
• न्याय: Sambandha (as compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: न्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (समासपूर्वपद)

• अर्जित: earned
• अर्जित: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्ज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुं/नपुं; समासपूर्वपद

• धनस्य: of wealth
• धनस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• न्यायार्जितधनस्य: of lawfully earned wealth
• न्यायार्जितधनस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: न्याय + अर्जित + धन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-समासार्थ: 'न्यायेन अर्जितं धनम्'

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

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुं, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम-रूप

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

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

• प्रभावेन: by the power/effect
• प्रभावेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• प्रेताः: the departed spirits
• प्रेताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रेत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन

• यान्तु: may they go
• यान्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• पराम्: supreme
• पराम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; 'गतिम्' विशेषण

• गतिम्: state/goal
• गतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (within Revā Khaṇḍa frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A riverbank śrāddha on Narmadā: performer offering piṇḍa and water-libations, brāhmaṇas seated, sacred river flowing; subtle depiction of departed spirits being uplifted toward a luminous path.

Characters & Entities

• Śrāddha
• Brāhmaṇa
• Narmadā (Revā)
• Preta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual power is strengthened by purity of intention, sacred waters, worthy recipients, and ethically obtained resources.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Narmadā (Revā) and the associated tīrtha context of the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform śrāddha using Narmadā water, with proper intent, honoring Brāhmaṇas, and using righteously earned wealth.