Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

अवगाह्यापि सर्वाणि नैर्मल्यं नाभवन्नृप । नर्मदायां ततो गत्वा देवो देवैः समन्वितः

Transliteration

avagāhyāpi sarvāṇi nairmalyaṃ nābhavannṛpa | narmadāyāṃ tato gatvā devo devaiḥ samanvitaḥ

Translation

O Hari, kahit lumusong at maligo sa lahat ng yaon, hindi pa rin sumibol ang kadalisayan. Kaya ang Panginoon, kasama ang mga diyos, ay nagtungo sa banal na Narmadā.

Word by Word

• अवगाह्य: having bathed/plunged
• अवगाह्य: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier of action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-गाह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावेन; धातु: अवगाह् (to plunge/bathe)

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), ‘also/even’

• सर्वाणि: all (things/places)
• सर्वाणि: Karma (Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (neuter nom./acc. pl.)

• नैर्मल्यम्: purity/cleanness
• नैर्मल्यम्: Karma/Phala (result/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नैर्मल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter nom./acc. sg.)

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• अभवत्: became/occurred
• अभवत्: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन (vocative sg.)

• नर्मदायाम्: in the Narmadā (river)
• नर्मदायाम्: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर्मदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (locative sg.)

• ततः: then/from there
• ततः: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (temporal adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), ‘then/from there’

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावेन; धातु: गम् (to go)

• देवः: the god (Śiva)
• देवः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (nom. sg.)

• देवैः: with the gods
• देवैः: Sahakāraka (Instrument/companionship)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन (instr. pl.)

• समन्वितः: accompanied/attended
• समन्वितः: Karta-pravṛtti-viśeṣaṇa (predicate adjective of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-अन्वि-इ (धातु) → समन्वित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘endowed/attended’

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (addressing a king; listener unspecified in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpa (King)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva, accompanied by assembled devas, turns away from prior bathing places and proceeds toward the flowing Narmadā, suggesting a solemn pilgrimage procession along a riverine landscape.

Characters & Entities

• Narmadā (Revā)
• Deva (Śiva implied)
• Devas
• Tīrthas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True purification is not merely procedural; the narrative elevates the Narmadā’s sanctity and suggests graded sacred power among tīrthas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Narmadā (Revā) is highlighted as the destination sought for attaining purity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing/immersion) is explicitly referenced.