Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

जलप्रवेशं यः कुर्यात्तत्र तीर्थे नराधिप । ध्यायमानो महादेवं वारुणं लोकमाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

jalapraveśaṃ yaḥ kuryāttatra tīrthe narādhipa | dhyāyamāno mahādevaṃ vāruṇaṃ lokamāpnuyāt

Translation

اے نرادھِپ! جو کوئی اس تیرتھ میں پانی میں داخل ہو اور مہادیو کا دھیان کرتا رہے، وہ ورُن کے لوک کو پا لیتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• jala-praveśam: entry into water
• jala-praveśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jala (प्रातिपदिक) + praveśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (जलस्य प्रवेशः)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• kuryāt: should do
• kuryāt: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (there)

• tīrthe: at the tīrtha
• tīrthe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• nara-adhipa: O ruler of men
• nara-adhipa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक) + adhipa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (नराणाम् अधिपः)

• dhyāyamānaḥ: meditating
• dhyāyamānaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhyai (धातु) + śānac (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शानच्), आत्मनेपद-भावः, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; “meditating”

• mahā-devam: Mahādeva (Śiva)
• mahā-devam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महान् देवः)

• vāruṇam: of Varuṇa
• vāruṇam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vāruṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (Varuṇa-related)

• lokam: world, realm
• lokam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• āpnuyāt: would attain
• āpnuyāt: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āp (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Śaṅkara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (unnamed sub-site)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: narādhipa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee stands waist-deep in the Revā, eyes closed in Mahādeva-dhyāna; above the waters appears Varuṇa on makara with pāśa, surrounded by aquatic motifs and pearl-like luminescence; a Śiva shrine anchors the bank.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva
• Varuṇa
• Vāruṇa-loka
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Meditation on Mahādeva combined with tīrtha-contact (water) is presented as a direct cause for higher-loka attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha under discussion (connected to Daśāśvamedha) where water-rites yield exceptional fruit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Jala-praveśa (entering the sacred waters) while performing Mahādeva-dhyāna.