Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

महादेवप्रसादाच्च तच्छरीरसमुद्भवा । भूयो भूयो मया दृष्टा कथिता ते नृपोत्तम

Transliteration

mahādevaprasādācca taccharīrasamudbhavā | bhūyo bhūyo mayā dṛṣṭā kathitā te nṛpottama

Translation

ด้วยพระกรุณาแห่งมหาเทวะ—นางบังเกิดจากพระวรกายของพระองค์เอง—ข้าพเจ้าได้เห็นนางครั้งแล้วครั้งเล่า; ข้าได้เล่าแก่ท่านแล้ว โอ้พระราชาผู้ประเสริฐ

Word by Word

• महादेव-प्रसादात्: from Mahādeva’s grace
• महादेव-प्रसादात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘महादेवस्य प्रसादः’

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

• तत्-शरीर-समुद्भवा: arisen from that body
• तत्-शरीर-समुद्भवा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + शरीर (प्रातिपदिक) + समुद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘तस्य शरीरात् समुद्भवा’ (arisen from that body)

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Adhikarana (Manner/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरुक्ति-प्रयोगे अव्यय (adverb: again)

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Adhikarana (Manner/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरुक्ति-प्रयोगे अव्यय (adverb: again)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; त्रितीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• दृष्टा: seen
• दृष्टा: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कथिता: told, narrated
• कथिता: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन

• नृप-उत्तम: O best of kings
• नृप-उत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रयोगः ‘श्रेष्ठो नृपः’

Speaker

First-person narrator (a ṛṣi/purāṇic speaker addressing a king; exact identity not in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) / Revā-śakti (contextual identification)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpottama (best of kings)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator addresses a king, affirming that by Mahādeva’s grace the sacred feminine/power arose from Śiva’s own body and has been witnessed repeatedly—an intimate, authoritative revelation scene.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• Narmadā Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-darśana is a gift of grace—Narmadā’s sanctity is rooted in Mahādeva and realized repeatedly by devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Narmadā/Revā, explicitly connected to Mahādeva as her source.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription; the verse emphasizes Mahādeva’s prasāda (grace) as the cause of repeated darśana.