Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

त्रिषु लोकेषु विख्याता महापातकनाशिनी । भवामि देवदेवेश प्रसन्नो यदि मन्यसे

Transliteration

triṣu lokeṣu vikhyātā mahāpātakanāśinī | bhavāmi devadeveśa prasanno yadi manyase

Translation

தேவர்களின் தேவேசா! நீர் திருப்தியுடன் இதை ஏற்றுக் கொண்டால், நான் மூன்று உலகங்களிலும் மகாபாதகங்களை அழிப்பவளாகப் புகழ்பெறுவேனாக।

Word by Word

• त्रिषु: in the three
• त्रिषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; ‘लोकेषु’ इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषण

• लोकेषु: in the worlds
• लोकेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; अधिकरण

• विख्याता: well-known, renowned
• विख्याता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-ख्यात (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त—ख्यै धातोः क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (स्त्री)

• महापातकनाशिनी: destroyer of great sins
• महापातकनाशिनी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महापातक-नाशिनी (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘महापातकानां नाशिनी’ इति विशेषण

• भवामि: I become / I shall be
• भवामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• देवदेवेश: O Lord of the gods
• देवदेवेश: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-देव-ईश (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; संबोधन-पद

• प्रसन्नः: pleased, gracious
• प्रसन्नः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसन्न (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त—सद्/सन् धातोः क्त/न)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृ-विशेषण—‘(अहं) प्रसन्नः’

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional conjunction: ‘if’)

• मन्यसे: you think, you consider
• मन्यसे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Narmadā (addressing Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpasattama (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Narmadā-devī in añjali before Śiva (Vṛṣavāhana), requesting the boon of being famed in the three worlds as mahāpātaka-nāśinī; cosmic backdrop hinting at the three lokas.

Characters & Entities

• Narmadā
• Devadeveśa (Śiva)
• Three worlds (trailokya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred rivers are not merely geography; by divine sanction they become instruments of purification, even from mahāpātakas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Narmadā/Revā is presented as a universally renowned purifier across the three worlds.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No single rite is named; the statement underwrites the general purificatory efficacy of Narmadā-related tīrtha practices (snāna, worship, pilgrimage).