Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

कं देशमाश्रिता रेवा कथं श्रीरुद्रसंभवा । तत्संश्रितानि तीर्थानि यानि तानि वदस्व मे

Transliteration

kaṃ deśamāśritā revā kathaṃ śrīrudrasaṃbhavā | tatsaṃśritāni tīrthāni yāni tāni vadasva me

Translation

Di negeri manakah Revā (Narmadā) bersemayam, dan bagaimana ia menjadi yang mulia, lahir daripada Rudra? Dan segala tīrtha yang bernaung padanya—apa pun adanya—khabarkanlah kepadaku.

Word by Word

• kam: which
• kam: Karma (Object/कर्म) — with āśritā
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; interrogative pronoun

• deśam: region/country
• deśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• āśritā: having resorted to / dwelling in
• āśritā: Kriyā (Predicative/क्रिया-विशेष)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā-√śri (धातु) → āśrita (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; agreeing with revā

• revā: Revā (Narmadā)
• revā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: revā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नदी-नाम

• katham: how
• katham: Prakāra (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: katham (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रश्नार्थक क्रियाविशेषण (interrogative adverb)

• śrī-rudra-saṃbhavā: born from revered Rudra
• śrī-rudra-saṃbhavā: Kriyā (Predicative/क्रिया-विशेष)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + rudra (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃ-√bhū (धातु) → saṃbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: ‘रुद्रात् सम्भवा’ (ablative sense) with honorific śrī-; predicate adjective of revā

• tat-saṃśritāni: resorting to her / situated on her
• tat-saṃśritāni: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण) of tīrthāni
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + saṃ-√śri (धातु) → saṃśrita (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः: ‘तं/तत् संश्रितानि’ = ‘depending on that (river)’; kta-participle

• tīrthāni: sacred fords/pilgrimage places
• tīrthāni: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) — of relative clause
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• yāni: which
• yāni: Anuyogin (Relative/यत्-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; relative pronoun

• tāni: those
• tāni: Pratiyogin (Correlative/तत्-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; correlative pronoun

• vadasva: tell
• vadasva: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vad (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम् (vadasva)

• me: to me
• me: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (a questioner addressing Sūta in the Revā Khaṇḍa dialogue context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sūta

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A seeker asks: where does Revā dwell, how is she born of Rudra, and what tīrthas rest upon her—inviting a map-like unfolding of sacred stations.

Characters & Entities

• Revā (Narmadā)
• Rudra (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True understanding of dharma begins with reverent inquiry into sacred origins and sacred geography—knowing the deity-linked source of a tīrtha deepens pilgrimage into devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse introduces the Revā/Narmadā tīrtha-network in general; specific named tīrthas are requested and typically follow in subsequent verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed here; it is a request for the account of origins and the list of tīrthas connected to Revā.