Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

पूजयित्वा यथान्यायं गतपापा विमत्सरा । आगता नर्मदातीरे तीर्थे स्नात्वा यथाविधि

Transliteration

pūjayitvā yathānyāyaṃ gatapāpā vimatsarā | āgatā narmadātīre tīrthe snātvā yathāvidhi

Translation

اس نے دستور کے مطابق پوجا کی؛ گناہوں سے پاک اور حسد سے بے نیاز ہو کر نرمدा کے کنارے آئی، اور قاعدے کے مطابق تیर्थ میں اشنان کیا۔

Word by Word

• पूजयित्वा: having worshipped
• पूजयित्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल

• यथा: according to
• यथा: Manner marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/उपमानवाचक (as/according to)

• न्यायम्: proper rule/justice
• न्यायम्: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Standard/manner)
• Type: Noun
• Root: न्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे (yathā + accusative)

• गतपापा: whose sin had gone
• गतपापा: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गत-पापा (प्रातिपदिक; गम् (धातु) + पाप)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (गतं पापं यस्याः सा); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विमत्सरा: free from envy
• विमत्सरा: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-मात्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• आगता: came/arrived
• आगता: Kriya (Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• नर्मदातीरे: on the bank of the Narmadā
• नर्मदातीरे: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर्मदा-तीर (प्रातिपदिक; नर्मदा + तीर)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (नर्मदायाः तीरम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford
• तीर्थे: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल

• यथा: as/according to
• यथा: Manner marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक

• विधि: prescribed procedure
• विधि: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Standard/manner)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे (yathā + accusative)

Speaker

Deductive: Purāṇic narrator within Revā Khaṇḍa (likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa conveying the Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha (unspecified spot)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ahalyā, now purified and serene, approaches the Narmadā bank; she performs proper worship—offerings at the water’s edge—then enters the river for ritual bathing; the river is depicted as a goddess with flowing grace.

Characters & Entities

• Narmadā (Revā)
• Tīrtha
• Snāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity is sustained through right worship and disciplined practice—especially bathing at a tīrtha with scriptural procedure.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha on the Narmadā (Revā) bank, within the Revā Khaṇḍa sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Yathāvidhi-snānā (injunction-based bathing) at the tīrtha, preceded by yathānyāya-pūjā (proper worship).