Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

नर्मदासर्वतीर्थेषु स्नाने दाने च यत्फलम् । तत्फलं समवाप्नोति स नरो नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

narmadāsarvatīrtheṣu snāne dāne ca yatphalam | tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti sa naro nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

नर्मदायाः सर्वतीर्थेषु स्नाने दाने च यत्फलं, तत्फलं स नरोऽवाप्नोति; नात्र संशयः।

Word by Word

• नर्मदा: of Narmadā
• नर्मदा: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर्मदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; समासाङ्ग

• सर्वतीर्थेषु: in all (her) sacred fords/places
• सर्वतीर्थेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सर्वाणि तीर्थानि), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; अधिकरणार्थे

• स्नाने: in bathing
• स्नाने: Adhikarana (Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे (in bathing)

• दाने: in giving (charity)
• दाने: Adhikarana (Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे (in giving)

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

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; फलम् इति विशेषणम् (relative)

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; फलम् इति विशेषणम् (correlative)

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• समवाप्नोति: attains/obtains fully
• समवाप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-अव-आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• नरः: a man/person
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)

• अत्र: here/in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Deductive (Revākhaṇḍa narrative voice; traditionally Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa conveying the Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Narmadā-sarva-tīrtha (collective)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic montage: multiple Narmadā ghāṭas and tīrthas appear as vignettes around a central act of gifting the Narmadā manuscript; streams of light connect the gift to each tīrtha, signifying equal merit.

Characters & Entities

• Narmadā
• Tīrthas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage acts—snāna and dāna—performed in the Narmadā tīrtha network are affirmed as surely fruit-bearing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

All tīrthas along the Narmadā (Revā) river.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) and dāna (charity) at Narmadā tīrthas.