Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 149

Devanagari script

विख्यातं रेवतीकुंडं यत्र जाता च रेवती । स्मरणाद्दर्शनात्स्नानात्सर्वपापक्षयो भवेत्

Transliteration

vikhyātaṃ revatīkuṃḍaṃ yatra jātā ca revatī | smaraṇāddarśanātsnānātsarvapāpakṣayo bhavet

Translation

เรวตี กุณฑะเลื่องชื่อ เป็นสถานที่ที่เรวตีถือกำเนิด การระลึกถึง การได้เห็น และการอาบน้ำชำระในนั้น ย่อมนำมาซึ่งความสิ้นไปแห่งบาปทั้งปวง

Word by Word

• विख्यातम्: renowned
• विख्यातम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-ख्यात (धातु √ख्यात्/ख्यायते) + त (कृत्)
• Form: कृदन्त-भूतकर्मणि (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (कुण्डम्-विशेषण)

• रेवतीकुण्डम्: Revatī-pond
• रेवतीकुण्डम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेवती + कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (Revatī's pond); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्ध/देशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• जाता: born
• जाता: Visheshana (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन् (धातु √जन्) + त (कृत्)
• Form: कृदन्त-भूतकर्मणि (PPP, intransitive sense: born); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

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

• रेवती: Revatī
• रेवती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेवती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• स्मरणात्: from remembering
• स्मरणात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्मरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• दर्शनात्: from seeing
• दर्शनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• स्नानात्: from bathing
• स्नानात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• सर्वपापक्षयः: destruction of all sins
• सर्वपापक्षयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + पाप + क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः तत्पुरुषः (destruction of all sins); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• भवेत्: would occur / comes to be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु √भू)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revatīkuṇḍa

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (typical frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous sacred pond (kuṇḍa) with clear waters; pilgrims approach with folded hands, some bathing, some merely gazing; subtle divine aura marking it as the birthplace-linked tīrtha of Revatī.

Characters & Entities

• Revatī
• Revatī-kuṇḍa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Engagement with a tīrtha works on multiple levels—mind (remembrance), senses (darśana), and body (snāna)—leading to purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Revatī Kuṇḍa, the sacred pool associated with Revatī’s birth, within the Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya (Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Smaraṇa (remembrance), darśana (pilgrimage viewing), and snāna (ritual bathing) at Revatī Kuṇḍa for sarvapāpa-kṣaya.