Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

रुद्राङ्गीं तां महापुण्यां सर्वपापप्रणाशिनीम् । पश्यामस्तां महाभागां न्यग्रोधावारसंकुलाम्

Transliteration

rudrāṅgīṃ tāṃ mahāpuṇyāṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśinīm | paśyāmastāṃ mahābhāgāṃ nyagrodhāvārasaṃkulām

Translation

พวกเราจงได้เห็นพระนางผู้มีรูปเป็นรุทระ (อันศิวะสถิตทั่ว) ผู้มีบุญใหญ่ ล้างบาปทั้งปวง ผู้เป็นมหาภาคี และอุดมด้วยพงไทรอันหนาทึบ

Word by Word

• रुद्राङ्गीम्: having Rudra as her body/limbs; Rudra-formed
• रुद्राङ्गीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुद्र + अङ्गी (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्; कर्मधारयः (रुद्रस्य अङ्गी इव/रुद्राङ्गयुक्ता)

• ताम्: her/that (f.)
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• महापुण्याम्: very holy
• महापुण्याम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महā + पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्; कर्मधारयः (महच्च तत् पुण्यम्)

• सर्वपापप्रणाशिनीम्: destroyer of all sins
• सर्वपापप्रणाशिनीम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + पाप + प्रणाशिनी (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्; तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषां पापानां प्रणाशिनी)

• पश्यामः: we see
• पश्यामः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• महाभागाम्: most fortunate, illustrious
• महाभागाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महā + भाग (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्; कर्मधारयः (महान् भागः यस्याः)

• न्यग्रोधावारसंकुलाम्: crowded with banyan-groves/enclosures
• न्यग्रोधावारसंकुलाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: न्यग्रोध + आवार + संकुल (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्; तत्पुरुषः (न्यग्रोधानाम् आवारैः संकुला)

Speaker

Narrator (within Revā Khaṇḍa dialogue; speaker not explicit in this snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā (Rudrāṅgī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Narmadā appears as a radiant river-goddess whose body is suffused with Śiva’s presence; banyan groves arch over the bank; pilgrims stand with folded hands, eyes lifted in darśana; subtle liṅga motifs or trident reflections shimmer in the water.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Śiva
• Revā (Narmadā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Revā–Narmadā is portrayed as Śiva-pervaded and intrinsically purifying; mere darśana is celebrated as a means of sin-destruction and accruing puṇya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Revā (Narmadā) and her riverbank landscape, especially banyan-filled tīrthas along the Narmadā-tīra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed here; the emphasis is on darśana (beholding) of the sacred river as spiritually efficacious.