Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

देवनद्यास्तटे रम्ये मुनिसङ्घैः समाकुले । आगच्छद्भिर्नृपश्रेष्ठ मार्गस्तत्र न लभ्यते

Transliteration

devanadyāstaṭe ramye munisaṅghaiḥ samākule | āgacchadbhirnṛpaśreṣṭha mārgastatra na labhyate

Translation

ณ ฝั่งอันรื่นรมย์ของแม่น้ำทิพย์นั้น แน่นขนัดด้วยหมู่มุนีทั้งหลาย โอ้พระราชาผู้ประเสริฐ ผู้ที่มาถึงแทบหาเส้นทางผ่านมิได้

Word by Word

• देवनद्याः: of the divine river
• देवनद्याः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवनदी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; ‘देव-नदी’ इति कर्मधारय (divine river)

• तटे: on the bank
• तटे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• रम्ये: pleasant/beautiful
• रम्ये: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with तटे)

• मुनिसङ्घैः: by groups of sages
• मुनिसङ्घैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि + सङ्घ (प्रातिपदिक); मुनि-सङ्घ
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (sages’ groups)

• समाकुले: crowded/thronged
• समाकुले: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाकुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with तटे)

• आगच्छद्भिः: by those coming
• आगच्छद्भिः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ/Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; करणभावे (by those who were coming)

• नृपश्रेष्ठ: O best of kings
• नृपश्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक); नृप-श्रेष्ठ
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (best of kings)

• मार्गः: path/way
• मार्गः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)

• लभ्यते: is obtained / is found
• लभ्यते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

Speaker

Narrator addressing a King (listener implied by 'nṛpaśreṣṭha')

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devī-nadī taṭa (Revā) parva-snānotsava setting

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpaśreṣṭha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A wide, lovely riverbank packed with saffron-clad sages and pilgrims; banners, water pots, and lotus garlands; the path along the bank disappears in the crowd; the king is addressed as the narrator gestures to the scene.

Characters & Entities

• divine river (devanadī)
• muni-saṅghas (assemblies of sages)
• Śūlabheda vicinity

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The fame of a tīrtha is measured by the dharmic assembly it draws—where even the landscape becomes filled with seekers.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The divine riverbank setting connected to Śūlabheda-tīrtha in the Revā Khaṇḍa (Narmadā region).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; the verse emphasizes the magnitude of pilgrimage attendance around the sacred river and sages.