Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 87

Devanagari script

नर्मदातीरमाश्रित्य ते सर्वे गमिता मया । एषा हि शरणं देवी सम्प्राप्ते हि युगक्षये

Transliteration

narmadātīramāśritya te sarve gamitā mayā | eṣā hi śaraṇaṃ devī samprāpte hi yugakṣaye

Translation

ข้าพเจ้าพาทุกคนมาที่นี่โดยอาศัยฝั่งแม่น้ำนรมทา เพราะเมื่อยามสิ้นยุคมาถึง เทวี (นรมทา) องค์นี้แลคือที่พึ่งอันแท้จริง

Word by Word

• नर्मदा: Narmadā (river)
• नर्मदा: Samāsa-aṅga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर्मदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, समासपूर्वपदत्वेन

• तीरम्: bank
• तीरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; समासः: नर्मदा-तीरम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘bank of Narmadā’)

• आश्रित्य: having taken refuge in
• आश्रित्य: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Conjunctive action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ-श्रि (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having resorted to’

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• गमिताः: were led/brought
• गमिताः: Kriyā (Passive predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गमित (कृदन्त; णिच् causative past passive participle)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; णिच्-प्रयोगार्थ: ‘were caused to go/brought’

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• एषा: this (she)
• एषा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha/Particle (Nipāta/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/causal)

• शरणम्: refuge
• शरणम्: Pradhāna-predicative (Predicate noun/पूरक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय (predicate noun)

• देवी: the Goddess
• देवी: Karta/Apposition (Subject complement/सम्बोधन-सदृश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; संबोधनार्थे अपि सम्भवः, अत्र विधेय-सम्बन्ध (apposition)

• सम्प्राप्ते: when (it) has come
• सम्प्राप्ते: Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + प्र + आप् (धातु) → प्राप्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘when (it) has arrived’ (locative absolute with yugakṣaye)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha/Particle (Nipāta/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis)

• युगक्षये: at the end of the age
• युगक्षये: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युगक्षय (प्रातिपदिक: युग + क्षय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: युगस्य क्षये (at the destruction/end of the age)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (context: a narrator within Revā-khaṇḍa discourse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā / Narmadā

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Those seeking refuge (dvijas/companions)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Procession arriving at the luminous Narmadā bank: the river shines like a goddess; lotuses and gentle waves; the guide leads the group to the water’s edge as if entering a sanctuary; celestial light breaks through dark yuga-clouds.

Characters & Entities

• Narmadā (Revā)
• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Narmadā is praised as a divine refuge whose sanctity protects devotees even in times of cosmic decline.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Narmadā’s riverbank (Narmadā-tīra), broadly indicating the sacred tirtha-zone along Revā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated here; the emphasis is on taking refuge/settling at Narmadā’s bank.