Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

श्रुता दिव्यनदी ब्राह्मी तथा विष्णुनदी मया । तृतीया न मया क्वापि श्रुता रौद्री सरिद्वरा

Transliteration

śrutā divyanadī brāhmī tathā viṣṇunadī mayā | tṛtīyā na mayā kvāpi śrutā raudrī saridvarā

Translation

ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າໄດ້ຍິນເຖິງແມ່ນ້ຳທິບຂອງພຣະພຣະຫມາ ແລະແມ່ນ້ຳຂອງພຣະວິສະນຸ; ແຕ່ບໍ່ເຄີຍຍິນເຖິງອັນທີສາມ—ແມ່ນ້ຳອັນສູງສຸດຂອງພຣະຣຸທຣະ—ເລີຍ

Word by Word

• śrutā: heard
• śrutā: Karma (Object/कर्म) — understood with 'mayā' as agent in passive
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु) → śruta (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि/क्त-प्रत्यय), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; passive past participle used predicatively

• divya-nadī: the divine river
• divya-nadī: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक) + nadī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (divyā nadī)

• brāhmī: (the river) Brāhmī
• brāhmī: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; river-name/apposition to divyanadī

• tathā: and likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/उपपद (conjunctive adverb)

• viṣṇu-nadī: Viṣṇu’s river (Viṣṇunadī)
• viṣṇu-nadī: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक) + nadī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (viṣṇoḥ nadī)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Kartr̥ (Agent/कर्ता) in passive
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• tṛtīyā: the third (one)
• tṛtīyā: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tṛtīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ordinal adjective used substantively (‘the third [river]’)

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Kartr̥ (Agent/कर्ता) in passive
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• kvāpi: anywhere / ever
• kvāpi: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण) — adverbial
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kva (अव्यय) + api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्ययसमास/निपातसमुच्चय (indefinite adverb)

• śrutā: heard
• śrutā: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु) → śruta (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि/क्त-प्रत्यय), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; passive past participle

• raudrī: (the river) Raudrī
• raudrī: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: raudrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; river-name/apposition

• sarid-varā: the best of rivers
• sarid-varā: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarid (प्रातिपदिक) + vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (‘श्रेष्ठा सरित्’)

Speaker

Śaunaka

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sūta (as the one to be asked)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A learned pilgrim-speaker contrasts the known divine rivers of Brahmā and Viṣṇu with a newly invoked ‘Rudra’s supreme river,’ evoking a cosmic map of sacred waters.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Viṣṇu
• Rudra (Śiva)
• River (Nadī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography is read through divine functions; the listener seeks the Śaiva counterpart among supreme rivers.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

It points toward the ‘Raudrī sarit’—understood in Revā Khaṇḍa as Narmadā (Revā), the foremost Śaiva river-tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a doctrinal question setting up the revelation of Narmadā’s exceptional status.