Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

रेवाया विमले तोये ब्रह्मावर्तसमीपतः । स्नात्वा जप्त्वा विधानेन अर्चयित्वा च शङ्करम्

Transliteration

revāyā vimale toye brahmāvartasamīpataḥ | snātvā japtvā vidhānena arcayitvā ca śaṅkaram

Translation

ବ୍ରହ୍ମାବର୍ତ୍ତ ସମୀପରେ ରେବାର ନିର୍ମଳ ଜଳରେ ସେ ସ୍ନାନ କଲା, ବିଧିମତେ ଜପ କଲା ଏବଂ ଶଙ୍କରଙ୍କୁ ପୂଜା-ଅର୍ଚ୍ଚନା କଲା।

Word by Word

• रेवायाः: of the Revā (Narmadā)
• रेवायाः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: revā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• विमले: pure
• विमले: Adhikaraṇa (Locative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vimala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier of तोये)

• तोये: in the water
• तोये: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: toya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• ब्रह्मावर्तसमीपतः: from near Brahmāvarta
• ब्रह्मावर्तसमीपतः: Apādāna (Source/ablatival)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: brahmāvarta + samīpa (प्रातिपदिक) + -tas (अव्ययप्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb) ‘-तः’; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘ब्रह्मावर्तस्य समीपः’ + तः = ‘from near Brahmāvarta’

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriyā (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: snā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); अव्ययभावः; पूर्वक्रिया

• जप्त्वा: having recited (prayers)
• जप्त्वा: Kriyā (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jap (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); अव्ययभावः; पूर्वक्रिया

• विधानेन: according to the prescribed rite
• विधानेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• अर्चयित्वा: having worshipped
• अर्चयित्वा: Kriyā (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: arc (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) of causative/denominative usage ‘अर्चयति’; अव्ययभावः; पूर्वक्रिया

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• शङ्करम्: Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• शङ्करम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṅkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) near Brahmāvarta

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahārāja

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On the clean riverbank of Revā, near a sanctified tract called Brahmāvarta, the devotee bathes, sits for japa with rosary, then offers worship to Śaṅkara at a simple liṅga shrine under trees.

Characters & Entities

• Revā (Narmadā)
• Brahmāvarta
• Śaṅkara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is fulfilled by disciplined practice—purifying bath, mantra-recitation, and worship—performed in a sanctified landscape.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā (Narmadā) waters near Brahmāvarta are highlighted as especially pure and ritually efficacious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A standard tīrtha regimen: snāna (bathing), japa (mantra repetition) as per vidhi, and Śiva-arcana (worship).