Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

इति श्रुत्वा तु वचनं श्रीपतिः पादपङ्कजात् । मुमोच जाह्नवीतोयं रेवामध्यगमं शुचि

Transliteration

iti śrutvā tu vacanaṃ śrīpatiḥ pādapaṅkajāt | mumoca jāhnavītoyaṃ revāmadhyagamaṃ śuci

Translation

ครั้นสดับถ้อยคำนั้นแล้ว ศรีปติทรงปล่อยสายน้ำชาห์นวี (คงคา) อันบริสุทธิ์ศักดิ์สิทธิ์ออกจากพระบาทดุจดอกบัว และสายน้ำนั้นไหลไปถึงกลางแม่น้ำเรวา

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative particle/‘thus’)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriya (पूर्वकालिक क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (श्रु धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); श्रुत्वा = ‘having heard’

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle/‘but, indeed’)

• वचनम्: speech/statement
• वचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• श्रीपतिः: Śrīpati (Viṣṇu)
• श्रीपतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrīpati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Nominative singular)

• पादपङ्कजात्: from (his) lotus-feet
• पादपङ्कजात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāda + paṅkaja (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Ablative singular); पादपङ्कज = ‘foot-lotus’ (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/सम्बन्ध)

• मुमोच: released/let flow
• मुमोच: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: muc (मुच् धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• जाह्नवीतोयम्: the water of the Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā)
• जाह्नवीतोयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāhnavī + toya (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Accusative singular); जाह्नवी-तोय = ‘water of Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā)’ (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• रेवामध्यगमम्: (as) one reaching the midst of the Revā
• रेवामध्यगमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: revā + madhya + gama (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Accusative singular); रेवामध्यगम = ‘one who went/comes to the middle of Revā’ (मध्य-तत्पुरुष; गम-प्रातिपदिक)

• शुचि: pure
• शुचि: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śuci (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Accusative singular); विशेषण (qualifying the released water)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Āvantya Khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā–Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā) pādodaka-praveśa tīrtha (as described in Revākhaṇḍa)

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu (Śrīpati) stands in divine radiance; from his lotus-feet a clear stream issues forth, arcing into the broad Revā mid-current; sages and devas witness the water’s entry as the river surface gleams.

Characters & Entities

• Śrīpati (Viṣṇu)
• Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā)
• Revā (Narmadā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace manifests as tīrtha—sacred waters arise from the Lord and sanctify the landscape for ritual completion and liberation-oriented merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A sanctified point in the Revā (Narmadā) where Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā) is said to reach/merge—presented as a tīrtha for avabhṛtha bathing.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Preparation for avabhṛtha-snānā by providing sacred water—Gaṅgā water—at the Revā for the concluding bath.