Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 81

Devanagari script

भार्याया निश्चयं ज्ञात्वा स्नानं कर्तुं जगाम ह । अर्धोत्तरीयवस्त्रेण स्नानं कृत्वा तु भक्तितः

Transliteration

bhāryāyā niścayaṃ jñātvā snānaṃ kartuṃ jagāma ha | ardhottarīyavastreṇa snānaṃ kṛtvā tu bhaktitaḥ

Translation

భార్య యొక్క దృఢ నిశ్చయాన్ని తెలిసి అతడు స్నానం చేయుటకు వెళ్లాడు. అర్ధోత్తరీయ వస్త్రం ధరించి భక్తితో స్నానం చేశాడు.

Word by Word

• bhāryāyāḥ: of (his) wife
• bhāryāyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāryā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• niścayam: decision, resolve
• niścayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niścaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• jñātvā: having understood
• jñātvā: Kriya (Gerundial/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: jñā (धातु) + ktvā (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having known)

• snānam: bath
• snānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• kartum: to do
• kartum: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kṛ (धातु) + tumun (कृदन्त)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (infinitive); प्रयोजनार्थ (in order to do)

• jagāma: went
• jagāma: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (perfect)

• ha: indeed/then
• ha: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ha (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (narrative particle)

• ardhottarīyavastreṇa: with a half upper-cloth garment
• ardhottarīyavastreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ardha + uttarīya + vastra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (ardham uttarīyaṃ vastram = cloth as half upper-garment)

• snānam: bath
• snānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• kṛtvā: having done
• kṛtvā: Kriya (Gerundial/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kṛ (धातु) + ktvā (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having done)

• tu: but/and
• tu: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात

• bhaktitaḥ: devoutly
• bhaktitaḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-अर्थे पञ्चमी-एकवचनवत् अव्ययीभूत (ablatival adverb: from/with devotion)

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Śabara walks to the riverbank and bathes with devotion, wearing a simple half upper-cloth; early morning light, calm water, and a sense of ritual purity.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion expresses itself through bodily and mental purity; even simple conduct becomes sacred when done with bhakti.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A specific site is not named in the verse; the Revā Khaṇḍa context broadly evokes the sanctity of bathing in the Revā-region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) performed with devotion and simplicity of attire.