Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

यदैव मम देहात्त्वं समुद्भूता वरानने । तदैव सर्वपापानां मोचिनी त्वं न संशयः

Transliteration

yadaiva mama dehāttvaṃ samudbhūtā varānane | tadaiva sarvapāpānāṃ mocinī tvaṃ na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

ഹേ വരാനനേ! നീ എന്റെ ദേഹത്തിൽ നിന്നു ഉദ്ഭവിച്ച അതേ നിമിഷം മുതൽ നീ സർവ്വപാപമോചിനിയാണ്—ഇതിൽ സംശയമില്ല।

Word by Word

• यदा: when
• यदा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: ‘when’)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle: ‘indeed/just’)

• मम: of me, my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• देहात्: from (my) body
• देहात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; अपादान (ablative: ‘from the body’)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्ता

• समुद्भूता: arisen, originated
• समुद्भूता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समुद्-भूत (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त—भू धातोः क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; कर्तृ-विशेषण—‘त्वम्’

• वरानने: O fair-faced one
• वरानने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर-आनन (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; ‘वरं आननं यस्याः’ इति; संबोधन-पद

• तदा: then
• तदा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (correlative adverb: ‘then’)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• सर्वपापानाम्: of all sins
• सर्वपापानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-पाप (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• मोचिनी: liberator, remover
• मोचिनी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोचिनी (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त—मुच् धातोः णिनि/इनी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृवाचक-नाम (agent noun)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्ता (पुनरुक्त-प्रयोगः)

• न: no, not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-निपात (negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विधेय (predicate noun)

Speaker

Śiva (Maheśa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Narmadā (addressed as varānane)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Cosmic emergence: from Śiva’s luminous form, Revā manifests as a flowing goddess-river, immediately radiating purity; attendants (gaṇas, sages) witness the birth of the sacred river.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Narmadā (as emerging from Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s purifying power is grounded in divine origin—Narmadā’s sanctity is intrinsic because she arises from Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Narmadā/Revā as a Śiva-sambhūtā (Śiva-origin) river, hence universally purifying.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly supports snāna and tīrtha-sevā as sin-removing due to the river’s Śaiva origin.