Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

पूजयित्वा यथान्यायं गतपापा विमत्सरा । आगता नर्मदातीरे तीर्थे स्नात्वा यथाविधि

Transliteration

pūjayitvā yathānyāyaṃ gatapāpā vimatsarā | āgatā narmadātīre tīrthe snātvā yathāvidhi

Translation

വിധിപൂർവ്വം പൂജ ചെയ്ത്, പാപമുക്തയും മത്‌സരരഹിതയും ആയി, അവൾ നർമദാതീരത്ത് എത്തി; നിയമപ്രകാരം തീർത്ഥത്തിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്തു।

Word by Word

• पूजयित्वा: having worshipped
• पूजयित्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल

• यथा: according to
• यथा: Manner marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/उपमानवाचक (as/according to)

• न्यायम्: proper rule/justice
• न्यायम्: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Standard/manner)
• Type: Noun
• Root: न्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे (yathā + accusative)

• गतपापा: whose sin had gone
• गतपापा: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गत-पापा (प्रातिपदिक; गम् (धातु) + पाप)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (गतं पापं यस्याः सा); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विमत्सरा: free from envy
• विमत्सरा: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-मात्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• आगता: came/arrived
• आगता: Kriya (Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• नर्मदातीरे: on the bank of the Narmadā
• नर्मदातीरे: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर्मदा-तीर (प्रातिपदिक; नर्मदा + तीर)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (नर्मदायाः तीरम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford
• तीर्थे: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल

• यथा: as/according to
• यथा: Manner marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक

• विधि: prescribed procedure
• विधि: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Standard/manner)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे (yathā + accusative)

Speaker

Deductive: Purāṇic narrator within Revā Khaṇḍa (likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa conveying the Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha (unspecified spot)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ahalyā, now purified and serene, approaches the Narmadā bank; she performs proper worship—offerings at the water’s edge—then enters the river for ritual bathing; the river is depicted as a goddess with flowing grace.

Characters & Entities

• Narmadā (Revā)
• Tīrtha
• Snāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity is sustained through right worship and disciplined practice—especially bathing at a tīrtha with scriptural procedure.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha on the Narmadā (Revā) bank, within the Revā Khaṇḍa sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Yathāvidhi-snānā (injunction-based bathing) at the tīrtha, preceded by yathānyāya-pūjā (proper worship).