Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

सप्तकल्पक्षये प्राप्ते त्वयेयं सह सुव्रत । न मृता च महाभागा किमतः पुण्यमुत्तमम्

Transliteration

saptakalpakṣaye prāpte tvayeyaṃ saha suvrata | na mṛtā ca mahābhāgā kimataḥ puṇyamuttamam

Translation

Wahai yang berikrar mulia! Walau saat kebinasaan tujuh kalpa tiba, dia tetap bersamamu; yang amat berbahagia ini tidak binasa—apakah lagi punnya yang lebih utama daripada ini?

Word by Word

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या-विशेषण; (समासपूर्वपद)

• कल्पक्षये: at the end of the kalpa
• कल्पक्षये: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प + क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (कल्पस्य क्षयः)

• प्राप्ते: when (it) has come/arrived
• प्राप्ते: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √आप् (धातु) → प्राप्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle) क्त; ‘when (it is) reached/arrived’

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• इयम्: this (she)
• इयम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahartha (सहार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक-उपसर्गसदृश (preposition/adverb)

• सुव्रत: O man of good vows
• सुव्रत: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (सुन्दरं व्रतम् यस्य) संबोधन

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• मृता: dead
• मृता: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √मृ (धातु) → मृत (कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle) क्त; ‘dead’

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• महाभागा: most fortunate, noble
• महाभागा: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महā + भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महान् भागः यस्याः) विशेषण

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Predicate/Interrogative (प्रश्न)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक-सर्वनाम

• अतः: therefore; from this
• अतः: Hetu/Reason marker (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थ/तस्मात्-अर्थ (therefore/from this)

• पुण्यम्: merit, holy act
• पुण्यम्: Predicate (प्रत्यय/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• उत्तमम्: supreme, best
• उत्तमम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying पुण्यम्)

Speaker

Yudhiṣṭhira

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revatī/Narmadā

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Addressed interlocutor: 'suvrata' (a vow-keeper)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic tableau: cycles of dissolution hinted by dark oceans and collapsing worlds, while Narmadā remains luminous and flowing beside a steadfast vow-keeper (suvrata) sage.

Characters & Entities

• Narmadā (Revā)
• Kalpa (cosmic age)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha’s sanctity is portrayed as timeless—enduring beyond cosmic dissolutions—so devotion to it is devotion to an eternal dharmic refuge.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Narmadā/Revā as an imperishable sacred river within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s tīrtha framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse emphasizes theological greatness and cosmic endurance rather than a specific rite.