Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

संहिताया दशावृत्तीर्यः करोति सुसंयतः । नर्मदातटमाश्रित्य स मुच्येत्सर्वपातकैः

Transliteration

saṃhitāyā daśāvṛttīryaḥ karoti susaṃyataḥ | narmadātaṭamāśritya sa mucyetsarvapātakaiḥ

Translation

സുസംയമത്തോടെ നർമദാതീരം ആശ്രയിച്ച് സംഹിത പത്ത് പ്രാവശ്യം ആവർത്തിക്കുന്നവൻ—അവൻ എല്ലാ പാതകങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നും വിമുക്തനാകുന്നു.

Word by Word

• संहितायाः: of the Saṃhitā
• संहितायाः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• दशावृत्तीन्: ten repetitions
• दशावृत्तीन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दश + आवृत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (दश आवृत्तयः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• करोति: does, performs
• करोति: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सुसंयतः: well-restrained, disciplined
• सुसंयतः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + संयत (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास (सु + संयत); क्त-प्रत्यय from √यम् (संयत); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (of यः)

• नर्मदातटम्: the bank of the Narmadā
• नर्मदातटम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर्मदा + तट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (नर्मदायाः तटम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• आश्रित्य: having taken refuge at, resorting to
• आश्रित्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + श्रि (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having resorted to’

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• मुच्येत्: is freed, would be released
• मुच्येत्: Kriyā (Result/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि भावः ‘would be released’

• सर्वपातकैः: from all sins
• सर्वपातकैः: Apādāna (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (सर्वाणि पातकानि); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; ‘from all sins’ (instrumental used for separation)

Speaker

Nandī (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Narmadā-taṭa (Revā-tīra)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A restrained sādhaka on a sandy Narmadā bank, a manuscript on a wooden stand, counting ten recitation cycles with a mālā; nearby a small fire altar and water pot; the river glows at dawn.

Characters & Entities

• Narmadā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

At the Narmadā, disciplined scriptural recitation is presented as a powerful means of purification from grave faults.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Narmadā riverbank (Narmadā-taṭa) is explicitly glorified.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform ten recitations (daśāvṛtti) of a Saṃhitā while residing at the Narmadā bank, with self-restraint (saṃyama).