Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

तत्स्रवं क्षालितं सद्यो नर्मदांभसि भारत । तदाप्रभृति लोकेऽस्मिञ्जलशायी महीपते

Transliteration

tatsravaṃ kṣālitaṃ sadyo narmadāṃbhasi bhārata | tadāprabhṛti loke'smiñjalaśāyī mahīpate

Translation

ഹേ ഭാരത! ആ സ്രവം നർമദാജലത്തിൽ ഉടൻതന്നെ കഴുകി നീങ്ങി. അന്നുമുതൽ, ഹേ മഹീപതേ, ഈ ലോകത്തിൽ അദ്ദേഹം ‘ജലശായീ’ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധനായി.

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; निर्देश (demonstrative) (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular)

• स्रवम्: ooze; discharge; flow
• स्रवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्रव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular)

• क्षालितम्: washed; cleansed
• क्षालितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षल् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular; ‘washed/cleansed’)

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• नर्मदा-अम्भसि: in the waters of the Narmadā
• नर्मदा-अम्भसि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर्मदा (प्रातिपदिक) + अम्भस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Locative, Singular)

• भारत: O Bhārata
• भारत: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Vocative, Singular)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

• आ-प्रभृति: from then onward
• आ-प्रभृति: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + प्रभृति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय ‘आप्रभृति’ = ‘from that time onward’ (Indeclinable)

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Locative, Singular)

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; निर्देश (Masculine, Locative, Singular; demonstrative)

• जलशायी: Jalaśāyī (one who lies on water; epithet/name)
• जलशायी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जलशायिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• महीपते: O king
• महीपते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीपतिः (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Vocative, Singular)

Speaker

Narrator of the Revā Khaṇḍa (deduced: a Purāṇic speaker addressing Arjuna/kingly listener)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jalaśāyī-tīrtha / Cakratīrtha vicinity

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (Bhārata addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The river’s surface calms after washing away the ‘outflow’; a serene Viṣṇu figure is envisioned reclining upon waters, while pilgrims chant the new epithet; a subtle aura marks the spot as newly famed.

Characters & Entities

• Narmadā
• Bhārata (Arjuna)
• Jalaśāyī (Viṣṇu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purifying contact with the Narmadā is portrayed as immediately cleansing and establishing divine fame and sacred meaning.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Narmadā river in the Revā Khaṇḍa context, preparing the praise of Cakratīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed here; it frames the sanctity of Narmadā as instantly purifying.