Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

मम तीरे नरा ये तु अर्चयन्ति महेश्वरम् । ते गतास्तव लोकं स्युरेतदेव भवेच्छिव

Transliteration

mama tīre narā ye tu arcayanti maheśvaram | te gatāstava lokaṃ syuretadeva bhavecchiva

Translation

ഹേ ശിവാ! എന്റെ തീരത്ത് മഹേശ്വരനെ അർച്ചിക്കുന്നവർ, ദേഹത്യാഗത്തിനു ശേഷം നിന്റെ ലോകം പ്രാപിക്കട്ടെ—ഇതുതന്നെ സംഭവിക്കട്ടെ.

Word by Word

• मम: my
• मम: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• तीरे: on the bank
• तीरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• नराः: men, people
• नराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• तु: indeed, but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/contrast)

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

• महेश्वरम्: Maheśvara (Śiva)
• महेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• गताः: gone, having gone
• गताः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; कर्तृवाचक-विशेषण

• तव: your
• तव: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• लोकम्: world, realm
• लोकम्: Karma (Goal/object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; गत्यर्थे कर्म

• स्युः: would be, may become
• स्युः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• एव: indeed, only
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• भवेत्: may it be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शिव: O Śiva
• शिव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

Speaker

Narmadā (addressing Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīra Maheśvara-arcana

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On Revā’s bank, devotees offer flowers and bilva to a liṅga under a tree; Revā-devī prays that such worshippers attain Śiva’s world. Depict a subtle upward path of light from the liṅga toward Kailāsa/Śiva-loka.

Characters & Entities

• Narmadā
• Maheśvara (Śiva)
• Śiva-loka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion expressed at a sanctified place magnifies spiritual fruit—Śiva worship on Narmadā’s bank is linked to reaching Śiva’s realm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Narmadā’s riverbank (Revā-tīra) as a Śaiva worship-site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Arcana/pūjā of Maheśvara (Śiva worship) performed specifically at the riverbank.