Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

नर्मदादक्षिणे कूले शूलभेदं हि विश्रुतम् । सर्वपापहरं तीर्थं सर्वदुःखघ्नमुत्तमम्

Transliteration

narmadādakṣiṇe kūle śūlabhedaṃ hi viśrutam | sarvapāpaharaṃ tīrthaṃ sarvaduḥkhaghnamuttamam

Translation

ณ ฝั่งใต้ของแม่น้ำนรมทา มีท่าศักดิ์สิทธิ์อันเลื่องชื่อชื่อว่า ศูลเภทะ เป็นตีรถะอันประเสริฐที่ชำระบาปทั้งปวง และดับทุกข์ทั้งสิ้น

Word by Word

• नर्मदादक्षिणे: on the southern (side) of the Narmadā
• नर्मदादक्षिणे: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नर्मदा (प्रातिपदिक) + दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (नर्मदायाः दक्षिणः) विशेषणम् (कूले)

• कूले: on the bank
• कूले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• शूलभेदम्: Śūlabheda (the place)
• शूलभेदम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूल (प्रातिपदिक) + भेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता/विषय), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (शूलस्य भेदः)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis/indeed)

• विश्रुतम्: well-known, renowned
• विश्रुतम्: Visheshana (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषणम् (शूलभेदम्)

• सर्वपापहरम्: remover of all sins
• सर्वपापहरम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषां पापानां हरः) विशेषणम् (तीर्थम्)

• तीर्थम्: holy ford, pilgrimage place
• तीर्थम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता/विषय), एकवचन

• सर्वदुःखघ्नम्: destroyer of all sorrows
• सर्वदुःखघ्नम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + दुःख (प्रातिपदिक) + घ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषां दुःखानां घ्नः) विशेषणम् (तीर्थम्)

• उत्तमम्: supreme, excellent
• उत्तमम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (तीर्थम्)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śūlabheda

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A declarative praise of a famed ford: the Narmadā’s southern bank with a marked crossing-place, pilgrims bathing, and an aura of sin-destruction and sorrow-dispelling sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Narmadā
• Śūlabheda (tīrtha)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage to a true tīrtha is portrayed as a dharmic means for inner purification—sin is washed away and suffering is alleviated through sacred contact and faith.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śūlabheda tīrtha, located on the southern bank of the Narmadā, in the Revā Khaṇḍa of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated here; the verse primarily praises the tīrtha’s power to remove pāpa (sin) and duḥkha (sorrow).