Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

नर्मदातटमाश्रित्य तोषयन्वै महेश्वरम् । तिष्ठ यावद्युगस्यान्तं पुनर्जन्म ह्यवाप्स्यसि

Transliteration

narmadātaṭamāśritya toṣayanvai maheśvaram | tiṣṭha yāvadyugasyāntaṃ punarjanma hyavāpsyasi

Translation

नर्मदेच्या तटाचा आश्रय घेऊन आणि महेश्वर (शिव) यांना यथार्थ तृप्त करून, युगाच्या अंतापर्यंत तेथेच रहा; मग तू निश्चयाने पुनर्जन्म पावशील।

Word by Word

• narmadātaṭam: the bank of the Narmadā
• narmadātaṭam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: narmadā-taṭa (प्रातिपदिक; नर्मदा + तट)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; गत्यर्थक-क्रियायाः कर्म (आश्रित्य)

• āśritya: having resorted to
• āśritya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√śri (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund), पूर्वक्रिया

• toṣayan: pleasing
• toṣayan: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √tuṣ (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान कृदन्त (present participle active), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘तोषयन्’ (causative sense ‘pleasing’)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• maheśvaram: Maheśvara (Śiva)
• maheśvaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-īśvara (प्रातिपदिक; महा + ईश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• tiṣṭha: stay/remain
• tiṣṭha: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• yāvat: until
• yāvat: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, परिमाण/अवधि-वाचक (until/as long as)

• yugasya: of the age (yuga)
• yugasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• antam: end
• antam: Kala (Time endpoint/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘यावत्’ इत्यस्य अवध्यर्थे

• punar: again
• punar: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) पुनरावृत्तिवाचक

• janma: birth
• janma: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• hi: indeed/for
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (causal/emphatic particle)

• avāpsyasi: you will obtain
• avāpsyasi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava-√āp (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Indra (instruction quoted within Mārkaṇḍeya’s narration)

Characters & Entities

• Narmadā (Revā)
• Maheśvara (Śiva)
• Indra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Narmadā is portrayed as a purifying sacred geography where devotion to Śiva transforms karmic affliction into spiritual renewal.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Narmadā’s riverbank (Revā-taṭa) as a sanctifying locus for tapas and Śiva-worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Reside on the Narmadā bank and please Maheśvara through sustained devotion/austerity until the destined completion.