Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

चकार सर्वतीर्थानि रेवां चाप्यवगाहयत्

Transliteration

cakāra sarvatīrthāni revāṃ cāpyavagāhayat

Translation

അവൻ എല്ലാ തീർത്ഥങ്ങളും സന്ദർശിച്ചു; പാവനയായ രേവാ (നർമദാ) നദിയിലും അവഗാഹനം ചെയ്തു।

Word by Word

• चकार: did; performed
• चकार: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपदम्; धातु: कृ

• सर्वतीर्थानि: all sacred places (tīrthas)
• सर्वतीर्थानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (plural); समास: सर्वाणि तीर्थानि = सर्वतीर्थानि

• रेवाम्: the Revā (Narmadā river)
• रेवाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावन/समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• अवगाहयत्: bathed/immersed (in)
• अवगाहयत्: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + गाह् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपदम्; धातु: गाह्, उपसर्ग: अव

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya (narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrthas (collective)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha (addressed in surrounding narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-sage moves along the Narmadā’s banks, stopping at successive ford-sites; at each, he steps into the river for immersion, with forested banks and distant shrines.

Characters & Entities

• Revā (Narmadā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage and sacred bathing are portrayed as earnest steps toward inner cleansing and dharmic restoration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Revā (the Narmadā) is directly praised as a river of purifying immersion, within the Tilāda narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tīrtha-visitation and avagāha (ritual immersion/bathing) in the Narmadā.