Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

जपन्तश्च परं ब्रह्म योगसिद्धा महाव्रताः । सिद्धिं ते परमां प्राप्ता नर्मदायाः प्रभावतः

Transliteration

japantaśca paraṃ brahma yogasiddhā mahāvratāḥ | siddhiṃ te paramāṃ prāptā narmadāyāḥ prabhāvataḥ

Translation

وہ مہارشی پرم برہمن کا جپ کرتے، یوگ میں کامل اور مہاوَرت میں ثابت قدم تھے؛ نَرمدا کے اثر و برکت سے انہوں نے اعلیٰ ترین سِدھی حاصل کی۔

Word by Word

• japantaḥ: chanting, muttering
• japantaḥ: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jap (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• param: supreme
• param: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); 'brahma' इति विशेषणम्

• brahma: Brahman, the Absolute
• brahma: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• yogasiddhāḥ: perfected through yoga
• yogasiddhāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yoga (प्रातिपदिक) + siddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); 'mahāvratāḥ' इत्यादीनां विशेषणम्; तत्पुरुषः (yogena siddhāḥ)

• mahāvratāḥ: great-vowed ascetics
• mahāvratāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• siddhim: attainment, perfection
• siddhim: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• paramām: supreme
• paramām: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); 'siddhim' इति विशेषणम्

• prāptāḥ: attained
• prāptāḥ: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-āp (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); कर्मणि-भावः (attained)

• narmadāyāḥ: of (the river) Narmadā
• narmadāyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: narmadā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• prabhāvataḥ: due to the power/effect
• prabhāvataḥ: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), पञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular); हेत्वर्थे (causal ablative)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from Revā Khaṇḍa narrative continuity)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Narmadā (Revā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Great-vowed yogic sages sit on the Narmadā bank in meditation, counting japa beads, a subtle radiance rising from the river as their siddhi ripens.

Characters & Entities

• Narmadā (Revā)
• Brahman
• Japa
• Yoga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography matters: the Narmadā’s tīrtha-power is said to magnify japa, yoga, and vows into supreme attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The river Narmadā (Revā) herself and her tīrtha-field within Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Japa of the Supreme Brahman, steadfast mahā-vratas, and yogic discipline—framed as practices empowered by Narmadā’s prabhāva.