Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

ये पुनर्भावितात्मानः शस्त्रं शृण्वन्ति नित्यशः । पूजयन्ति च तच्छास्त्रं नार्मदं वस्त्रभूषणैः

Transliteration

ye punarbhāvitātmānaḥ śastraṃ śṛṇvanti nityaśaḥ | pūjayanti ca tacchāstraṃ nārmadaṃ vastrabhūṣaṇaiḥ

Translation

แต่ผู้มีจิตใจขัดเกลาให้บริสุทธิ์—ผู้สดับคำสอนศักดิ์สิทธิ์นี้ทุกวัน และบูชานรมทา-ศาสตราด้วยผ้าและเครื่องประดับ—

Word by Word

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• पुनः: again/further
• पुनः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरावृत्तिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘again/further’)

• भावितात्मानः: those whose selves are purified/formed
• भावितात्मानः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भावितात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; भू (धातु) + णिच्? भावित (कृदन्त) + आत्मन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहि-समासः (भावितः आत्मा येषां ते)

• शस्त्रम्: the scripture/treatise
• शस्त्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• शृण्वन्ति: hear/listen
• शृण्वन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• नित्यशः: constantly
• नित्यशः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्यशः (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/आवृत्तिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘always/regularly’)

• पूजयन्ति: worship/honor
• पूजयन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

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

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (शास्त्रम् इति)

• शास्त्रम्: scripture
• शास्त्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शास्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• नार्मदम्: pertaining to Narmadā
• नार्मदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नार्मद (प्रातिपदिक; नर्मदा-सम्बन्धि)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (शास्त्रम् इति)

• वस्त्रभूषणैः: with garments and ornaments
• वस्त्रभूषणैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वस्त्रभूषण (प्रातिपदिक; वस्त्र + भूषण)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्व-समासः (वस्त्राणि च भूषणानि च)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice within Revā Khaṇḍa; traditionally Sūta-like narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Narmadā (Revā)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A clean altar holds the Narmadā-śāstra wrapped in fine cloth and adorned; devotees with serene faces listen daily while offering garments and ornaments to the scripture as if to a deity.

Characters & Entities

• Revā (Narmadā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity of mind is cultivated through daily listening and reverent worship of sacred scripture, treating the text as a living embodiment of tīrtha-mahātmya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Narmadā (Revā) is glorified through the practice of honoring the Narmadā-related śāstra itself.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nitya-śravaṇa (daily listening) and śāstra-pūjā of the Narmadā text using offerings like cloth and ornaments.