Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 119

Devanagari script

गत्वा स नर्मदातीरे नाम रुद्रेत्यनुस्मरन् । शुचिप्रदेशाच्च मृदं मन्त्रेणानेन गृह्यताम्

Transliteration

gatvā sa narmadātīre nāma rudretyanusmaran | śucipradeśācca mṛdaṃ mantreṇānena gṛhyatām

Translation

ครั้นไปถึงฝั่งแม่น้ำนรมทา ระลึกถึงพระนาม “รุทระ” แล้วพึงตักดินจากที่สะอาด ด้วยมนตร์บทนี้

Word by Word

• gatvā: having gone
• gatvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• narmadātīre: on the bank of Narmadā
• narmadātīre: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: narmadā + tīra (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• nāma: by name / namely
• nāma: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; 'by name'/emphasis)

• rudra: Rudra
• rudra: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular); (nāma with accusative)

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

• anusmaran: remembering
• anusmaran: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: anu + smṛ (धातु) → anusmarat (कृदन्त)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• śucipradeśāt: from a clean spot
• śucipradeśāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śuci + pradeśa (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), पञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• mṛdam: clay / earth
• mṛdam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mṛd (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• mantreṇa: with a mantra
• mantreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (singular)

• anena: with this
• anena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (singular)

• gṛhyatām: let it be taken / should be taken
• gṛhyatām: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: grah (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular); आत्मनेपदम् (passive/impersonal sense)

Speaker

Narrator/instructional voice within the narrative

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Narmadā/Revā tīrtha at Bhāreśvara (contextual)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Assembly (frame assumed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On the Narmadā bank, a devotee/king softly repeats ‘Rudra’ and gathers a pinch of clean clay with ritual care, preparing for worship.

Characters & Entities

• Narmadā
• Rudra
• mantra
• mṛd (sacred clay)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Outer purity (clean place, ritual materials) is joined to inner devotion (Rudra-smaraṇa) to make tīrtha actions spiritually potent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Narmadā (Revā) riverbank tīrtha context—leading toward Bhāreśvara in this chapter’s narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Collecting sacred clay (mṛd) from a clean spot while remembering Rudra and reciting the given mantra.