Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

रेवाया उत्तरे कूले तीर्थं परमशोभनम् । यत्रास्ते सर्वदा देवो वेदमूर्तिर्दिवाकरः

Transliteration

revāyā uttare kūle tīrthaṃ paramaśobhanam | yatrāste sarvadā devo vedamūrtirdivākaraḥ

Translation

Sa hilagang pampang ng Revā ay may isang lubhang marikit na tīrtha; doon laging nananahan ang diyos na Divākara, ang Araw, na anyong-buhay ng mga Veda.

Word by Word

• रेवायाः: of the Revā (Narmadā)
• रेवायाः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• उत्तरे: on the northern
• उत्तरे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण (कूले इति विशेष्यस्य)

• कूले: bank (shore)
• कूले: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तीर्थम्: a sacred ford/place of pilgrimage
• तीर्थम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• परमशोभनम्: supremely beautiful
• परमशोभनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम + शोभन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (तीर्थम् इति विशेष्यस्य)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः—देशवाचक (relative adverb: where)

• आस्ते: dwells, remains
• आस्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• सर्वदा: always
• सर्वदा: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (always)

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• वेदमूर्तिः: whose form is the Veda (embodiment of the Vedas)
• वेदमूर्तिः: Visheshana (Apposition/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद + मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; देवः इति समानाधिकरण-विशेषणवत् (appositional epithet)

• दिवाकरः: the Sun (day-maker)
• दिवाकरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवाकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; देवः इति समानाधिकरण (Sun)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-uttara-kūla tīrtha (with Divākara-sannidhya)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (nṛpa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A bright dawn on the Revā’s north bank; a radiant Sūrya with Vedic motifs (ṛk-yajus-sāman-atharvan) emanating as light; pilgrims stand in the shallows offering arghya; the tīrtha glows as ‘parama-śobhana’.

Characters & Entities

• Revā (Narmadā)
• Divākara (Sūrya)
• Veda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha is not merely a place but a living seat of divinity; here the Sun is revered as the very embodiment of Vedic revelation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A splendid tīrtha on the northern bank of the Revā (contextually connected to Puṣkariṇī).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated here; the verse establishes the divine presence (Sūrya as Veda-mūrti) that grounds later prescriptions.