Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

नमामि ते सर्ववरे सुखप्रदे विमोचयास्मानघपाशबद्धान्

Transliteration

namāmi te sarvavare sukhaprade vimocayāsmānaghapāśabaddhān

Translation

ഹേ സർവ്വശ്രേഷ്ഠ വരപ്രദായിനി, സുഖവും കല്യാണവും നൽകുന്നവളേ! ഞാൻ നിനക്കു പ്രണാമം ചെയ്യുന്നു. പാപപാശങ്ങളിൽ ബന്ധിതരായ ഞങ്ങളെ വിമോചിപ്പിക്കണമേ.

Word by Word

• namāmi: I bow
• namāmi: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nam (धातु)
• Form: लट्, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी एकवचन

• sarva-vare: O best of all
• sarva-vare: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; 'best of all' as vocative epithet

• sukha-prade: O giver of happiness
• sukha-prade: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sukha (प्रातिपदिक) + prada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• vimocaya: release
• vimocaya: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi + muc (धातु)
• Form: लोट्, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; imperative: 'release!'

• asmān: us
• asmān: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया बहुवचन; 'us'

• agha-pāśa-baddhān: bound by the noose of sin
• agha-pāśa-baddhān: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: agha (प्रातिपदिक) + pāśa (प्रातिपदिक) + baddha (bandh धातोः क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया बहुवचन; past participle used adjectivally qualifying 'asmān'—'bound by the noose of sin'

Speaker

Devotees/dvijas addressing Revā directly in prayer

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee kneels at the river, hands raised in prayer; faint dark cords (symbolic sin-nooses) loosen and dissolve as the cool water touches them; Revā-devī’s compassionate gaze grants release.

Characters & Entities

• Revā (Narmadā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere surrender to the tīrtha-devī is framed as a means for inner purification and release from karmic bondage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Revā/Narmadā as a boon-giver and remover of sin.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A direct supplicatory prayer (śaraṇāgati) is voiced; no specific external rite is named.