Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

क्षरन्ती मोदते विश्वं करभा तेन चोच्यते । यस्माद्रञ्जयते लोकान्दर्शनादेव भारत

Transliteration

kṣarantī modate viśvaṃ karabhā tena cocyate | yasmādrañjayate lokāndarśanādeva bhārata

Translation

ഒഴുകിക്കൊണ്ടിരിക്കുമ്പോൾ അവൾ സർവ്വവിശ്വത്തെയും ആനന്ദിപ്പിക്കുന്നു; അതിനാൽ അവൾ ‘കരഭാ’ എന്നും വിളിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു. ഹേ ഭാരത, ദർശനമാത്രത്താൽ തന്നെ അവൾ ലോകങ്ങളെ രഞ്ജിപ്പിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• क्षरन्ती: flowing
• क्षरन्ती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षर् (धातु) → क्षरन्त् (वर्तमान-कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे ‘flowing’

• मोदते: rejoices/is delighted
• मोदते: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• विश्वम्: the world
• विश्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• करभा: Karabhā (name/epithet)
• करभा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: करभा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; संज्ञा (name/epithet)

• तेन: therefore
• तेन: Hetu (Cause/Reason)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम; हेतु-प्रयोगे ‘therefore’

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

• उच्यते: is called
• उच्यते: Kriya (Passive verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• यस्मात्: because
• यस्मात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• रञ्जयते: delights/pleases
• रञ्जयते: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रञ्ज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; causative sense ‘causes to be pleased/colored’ (णिच्-भाव)

• लोकान्: worlds/people
• लोकान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• दर्शनात्: from (her) sight
• दर्शनात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• भारत: O Bhārata
• भारत: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from immediate narrative context; address to Bhārata/king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Karabhā (Revā/Narmadā epithet)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A broad, flowing river whose sight causes people, animals, and birds to brighten; pilgrims on the bank smile and fold hands as the current glitters.

Characters & Entities

• Karabhā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A holy place can confer merit and upliftment even through darśana (sacred sight), emphasizing devotional encounter as spiritually efficacious.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha known as “Karabhā,” praised for the joy it bestows upon sight.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific ritual is prescribed here; the verse highlights darśana-phala (benefit of seeing).