Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

रेवाया उत्तरे तीरे गम्भीरे चाभिवारुणि । प्रागुदक्प्रवणे देशे कोटितीर्थसमन्वितम्

Transliteration

revāyā uttare tīre gambhīre cābhivāruṇi | prāgudakpravaṇe deśe koṭitīrthasamanvitam

Translation

ณ ฝั่งเหนือแห่งเรวา (นรมทา) ในถิ่นที่ลึกและอุดมด้วยสายน้ำ ในแดนที่ลาดไปทางทิศตะวันออกและสู่สายน้ำ—ประกอบพร้อมด้วย ‘โกฏิตีรถะ’ คือท่าน้ำศักดิ์สิทธิ์นับไม่ถ้วน

Word by Word

• रेवायाः: of the Revā (Narmadā)
• रेवायाः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (6th/Genitive), एकवचनम्

• उत्तरे: on the northern
• उत्तरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘तीरे’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• तीरे: bank
• तीरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• गम्भीरे: deep
• गम्भीरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गम्भीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘तीरे’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः (conjunction)

• अभिवारुणि: near the Varuṇa-related (place/waters)
• अभिवारुणि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि-वारुणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे (स्थलवाचक-विशेषण), सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; अव्ययीभावः ‘अभि’ (towards/near) + ‘वारुणि’ (Varuṇa-related)

• प्रागुदक्प्रवणे: in a place sloping to the east and north
• प्रागुदक्प्रवणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राक्-उदक्-प्रवण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः ‘प्राक्’ (eastward) + ‘उदक्’ (northward) + ‘प्रवण’ (sloping)

• देशे: in the region
• देशे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• कोटितीर्थसमन्वितम्: endowed with crores of sacred fords
• कोटितीर्थसमन्वितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कोटि-तीर्थ-समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्; ‘क्षेत्रम्’ (implicit/next verse context) इत्यस्य विशेषणम्; तत्पुरुषः ‘कोटि-तीर्थैः समन्वितम्’

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Koṭitīrtha-samanvita Revā-uttara-taṭa (within Bhṛgukaccha)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sweeping view of the Narmadā’s north bank: deep blue-green waters, lush and water-rich terrain, gentle eastward slope, dotted with countless small shrines/ghāṭas implying ‘crores of tīrthas’.

Characters & Entities

• Revā (Narmadā)
• Varuṇa (implied by vāruṇi)
• Koṭitīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha is defined not only by myth but by sacred geography—riverbank, depth, and confluence-like sanctity—making the land itself a vessel of merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Revā/Narmadā riverbank kṣetra on the northern shore, characterized as Koṭitīrtha-samanvita and tied to Bhṛgukaccha’s emergence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse primarily provides the tīrtha’s geographical sanctity and setting.