Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

एरण्ड्याः सङ्गमे स्नात्वा रेवाया विमले जले । महापातकिनो वापि ते यान्ति परमां गतिम्

Transliteration

eraṇḍyāḥ saṅgame snātvā revāyā vimale jale | mahāpātakino vāpi te yānti paramāṃ gatim

Translation

ஏரண்டீ சங்கமத்தில் ரேவா (நர்மதா)வின் தூய நீரில் நீராடினால், மகாபாதகிகளும் பரமகதியை அடைவர்.

Word by Word

• एरण्ड्याः: of Eraṇḍī (river/place)
• एरण्ड्याः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एरण्डी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• सङ्गमे: at the confluence
• सङ्गमे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal), 'having bathed'

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

• विमले: pure, spotless
• विमले: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषणं 'जले'

• जले: in water
• जले: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• महापातकिनः: great sinners (committers of major sins)
• महापातकिनः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महापातकिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• वा: even / or
• वा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक (particle: 'or/even')

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अप्यर्थ (particle: 'also, even')

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• यान्ति: go, attain
• यान्ति: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• परमाम्: supreme
• परमाम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणं 'गतिम्'

• गतिम्: state, destination
• गतिम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, Revā Khaṇḍa māhātmya passage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Eraṇḍī–Revā Saṅgama

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the meeting of two rivers, penitents and ordinary pilgrims bathe; the waters glow with purity, while a subtle divine radiance lifts the bathers’ burdens, suggesting liberation.

Characters & Entities

• Eraṇḍī
• Revā (Narmadā)
• snāna (ritual bath)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere contact with a sacred tīrtha—especially through ritual bathing—is depicted as powerfully purifying and elevating.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Eraṇḍī–Revā (Narmadā) confluence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) at the saṅgama in Revā’s pure waters.