Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

पुनर्दृश्या भविष्यन्ति सृजमानाः स्वयंभुवा । साहं लिङ्गार्चनपरा नर्मदा नाम नामतः

Transliteration

punardṛśyā bhaviṣyanti sṛjamānāḥ svayaṃbhuvā | sāhaṃ liṅgārcanaparā narmadā nāma nāmataḥ

Translation

Mereka akan terlihat kembali apabila diciptakan semula oleh Svayaṃbhū (Yang Terlahir Sendiri). Dan aku—yang teguh dalam pemujaan Liṅga—dikenali dengan nama Narmadā.

Word by Word

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/पुनरावृत्ति-वाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

• दृश्याः: visible, to be seen
• दृश्याः: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृश्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; दृश् + यत्)
• Form: भविष्यत्/योग्यतार्थक कृदन्त (यत्), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (देवगणाः implied)

• भविष्यन्ति: will be
• भविष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• सृजमानाः: being created/produced
• सृजमानाः: Karta (Agent/कर्ता) (participial)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सृज् (धातु) → सृजमान (वर्तमान-कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ/शानच्; आत्मनेपद-भाव), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• स्वयंभुवा: by Svayambhū (Brahmā)
• स्वयंभुवा: Karana (Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वयंभू (प्रातिपदिक: स्वयं + भू)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• लिङ्गार्चनपरा: devoted to worship of the liṅga
• लिङ्गार्चनपरा: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लिङ्ग + अर्चन + पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (अहम्/नर्मदा)

• नर्मदा: Narmadā
• नर्मदा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर्मदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• नाम: by name
• नाम: Sambandha (Naming marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: नाम-प्रयोगे अव्यय (indeclinable used for naming)

• नामतः: as regards name; in name
• नामतः: Sambandha (Manner/Specification)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नामतः (अव्यय)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त-अव्यय (ablatival adverb)

Speaker

Narmadā-devī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Narmadā (Revā)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A brāhmaṇa interlocutor within Revā-khaṇḍa frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Personified Narmadā as a graceful goddess rising from the river, holding a water-pot and lotus, offering worship to a liṅga on the bank; in the sky, Brahmā begins re-creation as devas reappear faintly.

Characters & Entities

• Svayaṃbhū (Brahmā)
• Narmadā
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cycles of creation return, but devotion to Liṅga-worship is upheld as a timeless path aligned with cosmic truth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Revā/Narmadā tīrthas where Liṅga-arcana is central to the river’s sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-arcana (worship of the Śiva-liṅga) is explicitly affirmed as Narmadā’s defining devotion.