Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

एवमृषीणां दयितासु सक्तः कामार्त्तचित्तो मुनिपुंगवानाम् । शापं समासाद्य शिवोऽपि भक्त्या रेवाजलेऽगात्सुशिलामयत्वम्

Transliteration

evamṛṣīṇāṃ dayitāsu saktaḥ kāmārttacitto munipuṃgavānām | śāpaṃ samāsādya śivo'pi bhaktyā revājale'gātsuśilāmayatvam

Translation

かくして彼は、リシたちの愛しき妻女に執着し、欲望に心を灼かれて、最勝の牟尼たちの呪詛を受けた。しかもシヴァでさえ、バクティによってレーヴァー（Revā）の水に入り、吉祥なる石（śilā）となる境地に至った。

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Prakāra (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (thus/in this manner)

• ṛṣīṇām: of the sages
• ṛṣīṇām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचनम्

• dayitāsu: in/among the beloved (wives)
• dayitāsu: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dayitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), बहुवचनम्

• saktaḥ: attached/infatuated
• saktaḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sañj (धातु) + ta (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle, active sense), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (qualifying śivaḥ)

• kāmārttacittaḥ: whose mind was distressed by desire
• kāmārttacittaḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक) + ārta (प्रातिपदिक) + citta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषः (कामा॑र्तं चित्तं यस्य), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (qualifying śivaḥ)

• munipuṃgavānām: of the foremost sages
• munipuṃgavānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक) + puṃgava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (munīnāṃ puṃgavāḥ), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचनम्

• śāpam: a curse
• śāpam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• samāsādya: having incurred/received
• samāsādya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-sad (धातु) + ya (ल्यप्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकाल (having attained/received)

• śivaḥ: Śiva
• śivaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• api: also/even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारक (also/even)

• bhaktyā: by devotion
• bhaktyā: Karaṇa (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचनम्

• revājale: in the waters of the Revā (Narmadā)
• revājale: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: revā (प्रातिपदिक) + jala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (revāyāḥ jalam), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचनम्

• agāt: went
• agāt: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• suśilāmayatvam: the state of becoming a fine stone (stone-form)
• suśilāmayatvam: Karman (Result/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su- (उपसर्ग) + śilā (प्रातिपदिक) + maya (प्रातिपदिक) + tva (तद्धित)
• Form: तत्पुरुषः/कर्मधारय-प्रायः (su-śilā-maya), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; गत्यर्थक्रियायाः परिणाम (state attained)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Tīrtha-māhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A desire-stricken figure, cursed by great sages for attachment to their beloved women, enters the flowing Revā; in the water, the body becomes an auspicious stone (śilā), glowing with sanctity as the river continues to move around it.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• ṛṣi
• Revā (Narmadā)
• śāpa (curse)
• śilā (stone)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Desire leads to downfall even for the great, but bhakti and sacred tīrtha-waters become a means of purification and transformation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Revā-jala— the holy waters of the Revā (Narmadā) river—are explicitly praised as transformative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct injunction is stated, but the verse implies the salvific power of entering/associating with Revā waters through devotion.