Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

लुठन्वै सम्मुखस्तात गतो रेवां महोदधिः । समुद्रे नर्मदा यत्र प्रविष्टास्ति महानदी

Transliteration

luṭhanvai sammukhastāta gato revāṃ mahodadhiḥ | samudre narmadā yatra praviṣṭāsti mahānadī

Translation

โอ้ลูกเอ๋ย มหาสมุทรผู้ยิ่งใหญ่กลิ้งเกลียวเป็นคลื่นแล้วเคลื่อนออกไปเบื้องหน้า เพื่อออกไปรับเสด็จพระเรวา—ณ ที่ซึ่งแม่น้ำนรมทาอันยิ่งใหญ่ไหลเข้าสู่ทะเล

Word by Word

• लुठन्: rolling/tossing
• लुठन्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लुठ् (धातु) → लुठन् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/उपपादक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• सम्मुखः: facing (her), in front
• सम्मुखः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तात: O dear (one)
• तात: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (vocative), एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग

• गतः: went/has gone
• गतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृदन्त (past participle)

• रेवाम्: to Reva
• रेवाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• महोदधिः: the great ocean
• महोदधिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महोदधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् उदधिः)

• समुद्रे: in the sea
• समुद्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• नर्मदा: Narmadā
• नर्मदा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर्मदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक सम्बन्ध-अव्यय (relative adverb ‘where’)

• प्रविष्टा: has entered
• प्रविष्टा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-विश् (धातु) → प्रविष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past participle)

• अस्ति: is
• अस्ति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• महानदी: the great river
• महानदी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + नदी (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महती नदी)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Samudre Narmadā-praveśa-tīrtha

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: tāta / nṛpaśreṣṭha (addressed affectionately)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The ocean, personified, rolls forward in great waves as if prostrating, moving to meet Revā at the river mouth; the estuary glows with sacred light.

Characters & Entities

• Revā (Narmadā)
• Mahodadhi/Samudra (Ocean)
• Revā–Sāgara-saṅgama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The confluence is portrayed as a living, sacred encounter—nature itself participates in honoring the tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Revā–Sāgara-saṅgama (Narmadā’s entry into the ocean).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it situates the sacred geography for subsequent worship and bathing merits.