Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 95

Devanagari script

सावित्रीतीर्थमतुलं वालखिल्येश्वरं तथा । नर्मदेशं मातृतीर्थं देवतीर्थमनुत्तमम्

Transliteration

sāvitrītīrthamatulaṃ vālakhilyeśvaraṃ tathā | narmadeśaṃ mātṛtīrthaṃ devatīrthamanuttamam

Translation

ที่นั่นมีสาวิตรีตีรถะอันหาที่เปรียบมิได้ และวาลขิลเยศวรด้วย; ยังมีนรมเทศ มาตฤตีรถะ และเทวตีรถะอันยอดยิ่ง

Word by Word

• सावित्रीतीर्थम्: Sāvitrī-tirtha
• सावित्रीतीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सावित्रीतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; सावित्री + तीर्थ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सावित्र्याः तीर्थम्)

• अतुलम्: incomparable
• अतुलम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (तीर्थम्)

• वालखिल्येश्वरम्: Vālakhilyeśvara
• वालखिल्येश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वालखिल्येश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; वालखिल्य + ईश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (वालखिल्यानाम् ईश्वरः)

• तथा: also
• तथा: Adverbial (Kriyāviśeṣaṇa/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थे (also)

• नर्मदेशम्: the Narmadā region
• नर्मदेशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर्मदा-देश (प्रातिपदिक; नर्मदा + देश)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (नर्मदायाः देशः)

• मातृतीर्थम्: Mātṛ-tirtha
• मातृतीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; मातृ + तीर्थ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मातॄणां/मातुः तीर्थम्)

• देवतीर्थम्: Deva-tirtha
• देवतीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; देव + तीर्थ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• अनुत्तमम्: unsurpassed
• अनुत्तमम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (देवतीर्थम्)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced for Āvantya/Revā narrative frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sāvitrī-tīrtha; Vālakhilyeśvara; Narmadeśa; Mātṛ-tīrtha; Deva-tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tranquil Narmadā landscape labeled ‘Narmadeśa’; a radiant Sāvitrī-tīrtha with sunrise imagery; Vālakhilyeśvara liṅga attended by tiny ascetic sages (Vālakhilyas); a Mātṛ-tīrtha with mother-goddess presence; and a reiterated Deva-tīrtha as a culminating purification point.

Characters & Entities

• Sāvitrī-tīrtha
• Vālakhilyeśvara
• Narmadeśa
• Mātṛ-tīrtha
• Deva-tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Revā/Narmadā region is praised as a dense network of purifying sites, where devotion to deities and divine mothers is sustained by pilgrimage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sāvitrī-tīrtha, Vālakhilyeśvara, Narmadeśa, Mātṛ-tīrtha, and Deva-tīrtha are named.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated.