Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

पतिस्तस्याः प्रभुरहं वरदः प्राणिनां प्रिये । रेवाजले नरः स्नात्वा योऽर्चयेन्मां यतव्रतः

Transliteration

patistasyāḥ prabhurahaṃ varadaḥ prāṇināṃ priye | revājale naraḥ snātvā yo'rcayenmāṃ yatavrataḥ

Translation

โอ้ที่รัก เราเป็นเจ้าและเป็นสวามีของนาง เป็นผู้ประทานพรแก่สรรพชีวิต; ชายใดอาบน้ำในสายน้ำเรวา แล้วบูชาเราด้วยวัตรอันสำรวม—

Word by Word

• पतिः: lord, husband
• पतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; genitive singular

• प्रभुः: master
• प्रभुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• वरदः: boon-giver
• वरदः: Pradhana-predicative (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; 'giver of boons'

• प्राणिनाम्: of living beings
• प्राणिनाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राणिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; genitive plural

• प्रिये: O beloved
• प्रिये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; vocative singular

• रेवा-जले: in the waters of the Revā (Narmadā)
• रेवा-जले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेवा (प्रातिपदिक) + जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; locative singular

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Absolutive/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्ना (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); 'having bathed'

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; relative pronoun

• अर्चयेत्: should worship
• अर्चयेत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अर्च् (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; 'should worship'

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• यत-व्रतः: of disciplined vow
• यत-व्रतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √यम् क्त 'restrained') + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; 'one whose vow is restrained/observant'

Speaker

Nārāyaṇa/Viṣṇu

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: priye (addressed beloved; likely a devotee/consort figure within narrative)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim descends stone steps into the Revā at dawn, performs snāna, then approaches a riverside shrine to worship Mūlaśrīpati with restrained demeanor; the deity is shown as boon-giver.

Characters & Entities

• Revā (Narmadā)
• Snāna (ritual bath)
• Vrata
• Mūlaśrī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha practice is most fruitful when joined with self-restraint and sincere worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Revā (the Narmadā River) is directly glorified as a sacred water for purifying bath (snāna).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing in Revā-jala followed by worship (arcana) performed with a restrained vow (yata-vrata).