Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

व्याधिध्वंसो भवेत्तेषां नर्मदोदकसेवनात् । धनदस्य तु यस्तीर्थे विद्यादानं प्रयच्छति

Transliteration

vyādhidhvaṃso bhavetteṣāṃ narmadodakasevanāt | dhanadasya tu yastīrthe vidyādānaṃ prayacchati

Translation

नर्मदेचे जल सेवन केल्याने त्यांचे रोग नष्ट होतात. आणि जो धनदा-तीर्थी विद्या-दान करतो—

Word by Word

• व्याधिध्वंसः: destruction of diseases
• व्याधिध्वंसः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक) + ध्वंस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (व्याधीनां ध्वंसः)

• भवेत्: would occur / would be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन

• नर्मदोदकसेवनात्: from drinking/using Narmadā water
• नर्मदोदकसेवनात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Ablative source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर्मदा (प्रातिपदिक) + उदक (प्रातिपदिक) + सेवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन; समासः (नर्मदायाः उदकस्य सेवनम्) तस्मात्

• धनदस्य: of Kubera (the giver of wealth)
• धनदस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• तु: but / indeed
• तु: Discourse particle (सम्बन्धसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थक

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford/place
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• विद्यादानम्: gift of knowledge/teaching
• विद्यादानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्या (प्रातिपदिक) + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (विद्यायाः दानम्)

• प्रयच्छति: gives / bestows
• प्रयच्छति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + यम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual, Revā Khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dhanada-tīrtha (on Revā/Narmadā)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king addressed as Pāṇḍunandana in the surrounding verses (likely Yudhiṣṭhira)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at the Narmadā’s bank: one sips river-water with folded hands; nearby a learned teacher receives palm-leaf manuscripts or a donation for instruction at a marked Dhanada-tīrtha ghāṭ.

Characters & Entities

• Narmadā (Revā)
• Dhanada Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Service to Narmadā and sacred charity—especially knowledge-giving—are portrayed as powerful supports for health and upliftment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Narmadā (Revā) generally, and specifically the Dhanada Tīrtha where vidyā-dāna is praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Narmadā-water consumption/ritual use, and vidyā-dāna (supporting teaching, learning, or transmission of sacred knowledge) at Dhanada Tīrtha.