Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

सृष्टा रुद्रेण लोकानां संसारार्णवतारिणी

Transliteration

sṛṣṭā rudreṇa lokānāṃ saṃsārārṇavatāriṇī

Translation

รุดระทรงสร้างนางเพื่อโลกทั้งหลาย; นางคือผู้พาข้ามมหาสมุทรแห่งสังสารวัฏ

Word by Word

• सृष्टा: created
• सृष्टा: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sṛṣṭa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √sṛj सर्जने)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे विधेय

• रुद्रेण: by Rudra
• रुद्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण/कर्तृ-निर्देश (instr. sg.)

• लोकानाम्: of the worlds/people
• लोकानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध (gen. pl.)

• संसारार्णवतारिणी: she who ferries across the ocean of saṃsāra
• संसारार्णवतारिणी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃsāra-arṇava-tāriṇī (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; saṃsāra + arṇava + tāriṇī from √tṝ तारणे)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; नामधातु/कृदन्त-विशेषण (agent noun)

Speaker

Unknown (narrative voice within Revākhaṇḍa; commonly framed as Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa relating the māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rudra/Śiva manifesting Revā as a river-goddess; the river as a boat/ferry carrying beings over a dark ocean labeled saṃsāra toward a luminous shore.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Narmadā (Revā)
• Saṃsāra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Grace is made accessible through sacred geography: Rudra provides a tangible means (the river-tīrtha) for crossing saṃsāra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Revā/Narmadā as Rudra’s creation and a liberating tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; the verse frames the river as a means of deliverance, supporting practices like snāna and devotion.