Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

अनुभूताः सप्तकल्पा मायूराद्या मया नृप । प्रसादाद्वेधसः सर्वे रेवया सह भारत

Transliteration

anubhūtāḥ saptakalpā māyūrādyā mayā nṛpa | prasādādvedhasaḥ sarve revayā saha bhārata

Translation

ಹೇ ನೃಪ, ಹೇ ಭಾರತ! ವೇಧಸ (ಬ್ರಹ್ಮ)ನ ಪ್ರಸಾದದಿಂದ ನಾನು ರೇವೆಯೊಡನೆ ಮಾಯೂರಾದಿಯಿಂದ ಆರಂಭವಾದ ಏಳು ಕಲ್ಪಗಳನ್ನು ಅನುಭವಿಸಿದ್ದೇನೆ.

Word by Word

• अनुभूताः: were experienced
• अनुभूताः: Kriya (Predicative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु + भू (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः ‘अनुभूत’, पुंलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्; predicate: ‘were experienced’

• सप्तकल्पाः: seven kalpas (aeons)
• सप्तकल्पाः: Karta (Grammatical subject of passive predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्त (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + कल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्; द्विगु-समासः: ‘सप्त कल्पाः’ = ‘seven aeons’

• मायूराद्याः: beginning with Māyūra (etc.)
• मायूराद्याः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मायूर (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः: ‘मायूरः आदिः येषाम्’ = ‘beginning with (the) peacock (etc.)’ (qualifying the kalpas/series)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचनम्; agent in passive sense

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचनम्

• प्रसादात्: by (the) grace
• प्रसादात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, पञ्चमी (Ablative), एकवचनम्; ‘from/through grace’

• वेधसः: of Vedhas (Brahmā)
• वेधसः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेधस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचनम्; epithet of Brahmā

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्; ‘all’ (qualifying ‘सप्तकल्पाः’)

• रेवया: with Revā (Narmadā)
• रेवया: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गम्, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचनम्; ‘with Revā (Narmadā)’

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakari (Accompaniment marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अर्थक अव्ययम् (preposition-like indeclinable): ‘together with’

• भारत: O Bhārata
• भारत: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचनम्

Speaker

A Purāṇic narrator (contextual: recounting to a king/descendant of Bharata)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpa/Rājendra addressed; also 'Bhārata' as honorific

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A visionary tableau: the narrator stands by the flowing Revā while cosmic ages unfold—successive kalpas appear as layered scenes in the sky or reflected in the river; Brahmā (Vedhas) bestows grace; the river remains constant through changing worlds.

Characters & Entities

• Vedhas (Brahmā)
• Revā (Narmadā)
• Māyūra Kalpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Narmadā’s sanctity is framed as cosmic and timeless—enduring across kalpas by divine ordinance and grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Narmadā/Revā as an eternal tīrtha whose presence spans multiple kalpas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; the verse emphasizes cosmological testimony to Revā’s enduring holiness.