Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

येऽपि त्वां नर्मदातोये स्नात्वा तत्र दिने दिने । अर्चयन्ति जगन्नाथ तेषां त्वं वरदो भव

Transliteration

ye'pi tvāṃ narmadātoye snātvā tatra dine dine | arcayanti jagannātha teṣāṃ tvaṃ varado bhava

Translation

നർമദാജലത്തിൽ ദിനംപ്രതി സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് അവിടെയേ നിനയെ ആരാധിക്കുന്നവർ—ഹേ ജഗന്നാഥാ! അവർക്കു നീ വരദാതാവാകണമേ।

Word by Word

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम

• अपि: also / even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (inclusive particle: ‘also/even’)

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• नर्मदा-तोये: in the water of the Narmadā
• नर्मदा-तोये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: narmadā (प्रातिपदिक) + toya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (नर्मदायाः तोयम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive): ‘having bathed’

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• दिने: in the day
• दिने: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कालाधिकरण

• दिने: day by day
• दिने: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (daily)

• अर्चयन्ति: worship
• अर्चयन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• जगन्नाथ: O Lord of the world
• जगन्नाथ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक) + nātha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (जगतः नाथः), पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वरदः: giver of boons
• वरदः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vara-da (प्रातिपदिक: वर + द)
• Form: उपपद-तत्पुरुष, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (predicate)

• भव: be
• भव: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Brāhmaṇa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Narmadā-snana-nitya-arcana-mahātmyam

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Jagannātha/Deva

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dawn, devotees descend stone steps into the Narmadā, perform snāna, then offer flowers, lamp, and water to Jagannātha at a riverside shrine; repeated daily rhythm is emphasized.

Characters & Entities

• Narmadā (Revā)
• Jagannātha
• Deva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Regular tīrtha-bathing and worship performed with devotion attracts the Lord’s boon-giving grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Narmadā (Revā) river waters and the worship-site on her bank are explicitly praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Daily snāna in the Narmadā and daily arcana (worship) of the Lord at that place.