Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 38
Devanagari script
जन्मतोऽद्य दिनं यावन्न जानेऽस्याः पुरास्थितिम्
Transliteration
janmato'dya dinaṃ yāvanna jāne'syāḥ purāsthitim
Translation
എന്റെ ജന്മം മുതൽ ഇന്നുവരെ, റേവാ/നർമദാ സ്ഥാപിതമല്ലാതിരുന്ന ഒരു പുരാതനകാലവും ഞാൻ അറിയുന്നില്ല।
Word by Word
जन्मतःfrom birth
जन्मतः:
अपादान (Source)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootजन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Ablatival adverb): ‘from birth’
अद्यtoday/now
अद्य:
अधिकरण (Time)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक अव्यय (temporal adverb)
दिनम्day
दिनम्:
कर्म (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootदिन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन
यावत्until/as long as
यावत्:
अधिकरण (Limit/extent)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयावत् (अव्यय)
Formपरिमाण/अवधिवाचक अव्यय (until/as far as)
नnot
न:
सम्बन्ध (Negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)
जानेI know
जाने:
क्रिया (Predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootज्ञा (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
अस्याःof her
अस्याः:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive/possessor)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन
पुराformerly
पुरा:
अधिकरण (Time)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरा (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक अव्यय (formerly/earlier)
स्थितिम्state/condition
स्थितिम्:
कर्म (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootस्थिति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन
Speaker
A Purāṇic narrator (contextual)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)
Type: river
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Pāṇḍava
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A sage-speaker reflects on Revā’s unbroken presence from birth to the present, with the river flowing as a symbol of cosmic continuity.
Characters & Entities
R
Revā (Narmadā)FAQs
The tīrtha is presented as beginningless in sanctity—devotion to Narmadā connects one to an ancient, uninterrupted stream of dharma.
Revā/Narmadā as a perpetually established sacred river.
None explicitly; the verse supports faith in Narmadā’s perennial sacred status.