Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थान्यनेकानि पुण्यान्यायतनानि च । भ्रमित्वा नर्मदां प्राप्तः सर्वपापप्रणाशिनीम्

Transliteration

tatra tīrthānyanekāni puṇyānyāyatanāni ca | bhramitvā narmadāṃ prāptaḥ sarvapāpapraṇāśinīm

Translation

وہاں وہ بے شمار تیرتھوں اور مقدّس آستانوں کی زیارت کرتا رہا؛ آخرکار وہ نَرمدا ماتا تک پہنچا، جو تمام گناہوں کو مٹانے والی ہے۔

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: ‘there’)

• तीर्थानि: pilgrimage places
• तीर्थानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• अनेकानि: many
• अनेकानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनेक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘तीर्थानि’)

• पुण्यानि: holy, meritorious
• पुण्यानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘आयतनानि’)

• आयतनानि: abodes, shrines
• आयतनानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयतन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

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

• भ्रमित्वा: having wandered
• भ्रमित्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भ्रम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); ‘भ्रम्’ धातोः; पूर्वकालिकक्रिया (having wandered)

• नर्मदाम्: Narmadā (river)
• नर्मदाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर्मदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• प्राप्तः: (he) reached
• प्राप्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्राप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे (as adjectival to subject)

• सर्वपापप्रणाशिनीम्: destroyer of all sins
• सर्वपापप्रणाशिनीम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + पाप + प्रणाशिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘नर्मदाम्’); समासः: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारय-प्रायः (‘सर्वेषां पापानां प्रणाशिनी’)

Speaker

Narrator of Revā Khaṇḍa (deduced; explicit speaker not in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Narmadā (Revā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A lone pilgrim, dusted from travel, moves through a landscape dotted with small shrines and banyan trees; in the distance the broad Narmadā glitters, personified as a serene river-goddess; the pilgrim’s hands are joined in añjali as he approaches the ghāṭa.

Characters & Entities

• Narmadā
• Revā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage culminates in transformative purification, with Narmadā praised as a supreme remover of sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Narmadā (Revā) river itself is glorified as ‘sarva-pāpa-praṇāśinī’ (destroyer of all sins).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied pilgrimage practice: visiting tīrthas and approaching the Narmadā for purification (snāna is implied by tīrtha context though not stated).