Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

षष्टितीर्थसहस्राणि षष्टिकोट्यश्च सत्तमाः । व्यवस्थितानि रेवायास्तीरयुग्मे पदे पदे

Transliteration

ṣaṣṭitīrthasahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭikoṭyaśca sattamāḥ | vyavasthitāni revāyāstīrayugme pade pade

Translation

ഹേ സത്തമാ! രേവയുടെ ഇരുകരകളിലും പദേ പദേ അറുപതിനായിരം തീർത്ഥങ്ങളും അറുപത് കോടി (കൂടി) തീർത്ഥസ്ഥാനങ്ങളും സ്ഥാപിതമായിരിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• षष्टितीर्थसहस्राणि: thousands (of) sixty tīrthas
• षष्टितीर्थसहस्राणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्टि (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Nominative plural); षष्टेः तीर्थाणां सहस्राणि (thousands of sixty tīrthas)

• षष्टिकोट्यः: sixty crores
• षष्टिकोट्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्टि (प्रातिपदिक) + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Nominative plural); षष्टेः कोट्यः (sixty crores)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सत्तमाः: most excellent
• सत्तमाः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक) + तमप् (तद्धित/सुपरलटिव)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Nominative plural); विशेषणम् (qualifier of तीर्थाणि understood)

• व्यवस्थितानि: are established/arranged
• व्यवस्थितानि: Kriya (State/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + अव + स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (Nom. pl.); ‘स्थित’ = placed/established

• रेवायाः: of Revā
• रेवायाः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Genitive singular)

• तीरयुग्मे: on the pair of banks
• तीरयुग्मे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर (प्रातिपदिक) + युग्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Locative singular); तीरयोः युग्मे (on the pair of banks)

• पदे: at (each) step/place
• पदे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Locative singular); अव्ययीभाववत् पुनरुक्तिः

• पदे: at every step
• पदे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Locative singular); पुनरुक्ति (reduplication for distributive sense)

Speaker

Vāyu

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīra tīrtha-santati (the chain of tīrthas on Revā’s banks)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic vision of Revā with both banks lined by countless small shrines, ghats, hermitages, and sacred groves; the river becomes a luminous ribbon studded with tīrtha-lights extending to the horizon.

Characters & Entities

• Revā (Narmadā)
• Tīrthas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Revā is portrayed as a continuous corridor of holiness—sanctity is not confined to a single spot but pervades her entire course.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The entire riverine landscape of Revā/Narmadā—both banks—presented as densely populated with tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; the verse supports the ethos behind Narmadā parikramā and repeated tīrtha-sevā along the banks.