Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

उभयतटपुण्यतीर्था प्रक्षालितसकलललोकदुरितौघा । देवमुनिमनुजवन्द्या हरतु सदा नर्मदा दुरितम्

Transliteration

ubhayataṭapuṇyatīrthā prakṣālitasakalalalokaduritaughā | devamunimanujavandyā haratu sadā narmadā duritam

Translation

ขอให้นรมทา—ผู้มีทั้งสองฝั่งเรียงรายด้วยตีรถะอันเป็นบุญ ผู้ชำระล้างกระแสแห่งบาปของโลกทั้งปวง และเป็นที่สักการะของเทวะ มุนี และมนุษย์—จงขจัดทุจริตของเราตลอดกาล

Word by Word

• ubhayataṭapuṇyatīrthā: having sacred tīrthas on both banks
• ubhayataṭapuṇyatīrthā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ubhaya-taṭa-puṇya-tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक; उभय + तट + पुण्य + तीर्थ)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम्—‘narmadā’ इत्यस्य; ‘having holy fords on both banks’

• prakṣālitasakalalalokaduritaughā: washing away the flood of sins of all people
• prakṣālitasakalalalokaduritaughā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prakṣālita-sakala-loka-durita-ogha (प्रातिपदिक; प्रक्षालित + सकल + लोक + दुरित + ओघ)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम्—‘narmadā’ इत्यस्य; ‘whose flood has washed away the sins of all people’

• devamunimanujavandyā: venerated by gods, sages, and humans
• devamunimanujavandyā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: deva-muni-manuja-vandya (प्रातिपदिक; देव + मुनि + मनुज + वन्द्य)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम्—‘narmadā’ इत्यस्य; ‘worthy of worship by gods, sages, and humans’

• haratu: may remove
• haratu: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: hṛ (धातु; हृ—हरणे)
• Form: लोट् (imperative/benedictive), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; आशिषि—‘may (she) remove’

• sadā: always
• sadā: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): ‘always’

• narmadā: Narmadā
• narmadā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: narmadā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्ता

• duritam: sin; evil
• duritam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: durita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म

Speaker

Sūta (deduced devotional praise in opening of Revā Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Narmadā (Revā)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Narmadā flowing between two sacred banks dotted with small shrines, ghāṭas, and hermitages; devas and sages in the sky and on the banks offering añjali; pilgrims bowing; the river depicted as a goddess-stream washing away dark ‘sin-clouds’ dissolving into light.

Characters & Entities

• Narmadā (Revā)
• Deva
• Muni
• Manuja

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Association with a true tīrtha and sincere reverence leads to purification; Narmadā is celebrated as a universal remover of sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Narmadā (Revā) and the network of tīrthas along both of her banks.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated, but the verse implies worship/veneration of Narmadā and pilgrimage to her bank-tīrthas.