Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

जातिस्मरा सुचार्वङ्गी नर्मदायाः प्रभावतः । पित्रा च सैकदा कन्या विवाहाय प्रजल्पिता

Transliteration

jātismarā sucārvaṅgī narmadāyāḥ prabhāvataḥ | pitrā ca saikadā kanyā vivāhāya prajalpitā

Translation

Dengan pengaruh suci Sungai Narmadā, gadis itu menjadi jātismarā—yang mengingati kelahiran lampau—serta elok rupanya. Pada suatu ketika, ayahnya menyebut tentang perkahwinannya.

Word by Word

• जातिस्मरा: remembering past births
• जातिस्मरा: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जाति (प्रातिपदिक) + स्मर (स्मृ धातु-णिच्/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमाविभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine); विशेषण

• सुचार्वङ्गी: beautiful-limbed
• सुचार्वङ्गी: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + चारु (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्गिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमाविभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine); बहुव्रीहिः (one who has beautiful limbs)

• नर्मदायाः: of Narmadā
• नर्मदायाः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर्मदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठीविभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine)

• प्रभावतः: due to the power
• प्रभावतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमीविभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine); हेत्वर्थ (cause)

• पित्रा: by the father
• पित्रा: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीयाविभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• स: he
• स: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमाविभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)

• एकदा: once
• एकदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एकदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• कन्या: the girl
• कन्या: Karma (Object in passive/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमाविभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine)

• विवाहाय: for marriage
• विवाहाय: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवाह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थीविभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine); प्रयोजनार्थ (purpose)

• प्रजल्पिता: was spoken of / proposed
• प्रजल्पिता: Kriya (Predicative participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-जल्‍प् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive sense)

Speaker

Brāhmaṇa (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: king (nareśvara) in frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant maiden, graceful in form, is described as remembering past lives due to Narmadā’s power; her father begins speaking of arranging her marriage.

Characters & Entities

• Narmadā (Revā)
• kanyā (princess)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Contact with a great tirtha like the Narmadā is portrayed as transformative, even shaping memory, destiny, and dhārmic life-events.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Narmadā (Revā) herself—her spiritual potency is explicitly credited.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it references marriage arrangements within dharma, framed by the river’s sacred influence.