Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

भज रेवाजलं पुण्यं यज रुद्रं सनातनम् । जप पञ्चाक्षरीं विद्यां व्रज स्थानं च वाञ्छितम्

Transliteration

bhaja revājalaṃ puṇyaṃ yaja rudraṃ sanātanam | japa pañcākṣarīṃ vidyāṃ vraja sthānaṃ ca vāñchitam

Translation

จงภักดีต่อสายน้ำศักดิ์สิทธิ์แห่งเรวา; จงบูชารุทระผู้เป็นนิรันดร์; จงสวดชปะวิทยาปัญจักษรี แล้วเจ้าจักบรรลุสู่สถานอันปรารถนา

Word by Word

• भज: worship
• भज: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; धातु: √भज् (to worship/serve)

• रेवाजलम्: water of Reva
• रेवाजलम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेवा + जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (रेवायाः जलम्)

• पुण्यम्: holy
• पुण्यम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying रेवाजलम्)

• यज: worship
• यज: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; धातु: √यज् (to sacrifice/worship)

• रुद्रम्: Rudra
• रुद्रम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• सनातनम्: eternal
• सनातनम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सनातन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying रुद्रम्)

• जप: recite
• जप: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; धातु: √जप् (to mutter/recite)

• पञ्चाक्षरीम्: the five-syllabled (mantra)
• पञ्चाक्षरीम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च + अक्षरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; समासः द्विगु (पञ्च अक्षराणि यस्याः सा)

• विद्याम्: mantric knowledge
• विद्याम्: Karma (Object/apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• व्रज: go
• व्रज: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; धातु: √व्रज् (to go)

• स्थानम्: abode/place
• स्थानम्: Karma (Goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• वाञ्छितम्: desired
• वाञ्छितम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of स्थानम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाञ्छित (प्रातिपदिक; √वाञ्छ्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle)

Speaker

Unspecified exhorter within the Revā-khaṇḍa narrative

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On the Narmadā bank, a devotee cups sacred water, offers bilva leaves to a Rudra-liṅga, and chants the pañcākṣarī; a radiant path or celestial gateway symbolizes the ‘desired abode’.

Characters & Entities

• Revā (Narmadā)
• Rudra (Śiva)
• Pañcākṣarī mantra (oṃ namaḥ śivāya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Simple, devotion-based practices at a great tīrtha—holy water reverence, Rudra worship, and mantra-japa—lead to the sought spiritual goal.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Revā (Narmadā), especially her sanctifying waters.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Serving Revā-jala, worshipping Rudra, and chanting the Pañcākṣarī (commonly understood as “oṃ namaḥ śivāya”).