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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

रुद्राष्टकं च सावित्रं सोमतीर्थं तथैव च । एतानि दक्षिणे तीरे रेवाया भरतर्षभ

Transliteration

rudrāṣṭakaṃ ca sāvitraṃ somatīrthaṃ tathaiva ca | etāni dakṣiṇe tīre revāyā bharatarṣabha

Translation

رُدر اشٹک، ساوتر اور اسی طرح سوم تیرتھ—یہ سب رِیوا کے جنوبی کنارے پر ہیں، اے بھارَتوں میں سَرشٹھ۔

Word by Word
रुद्राष्टकम्Rudrāṣṭaka (the ‘eightfold’/named shrine of Rudra)
रुद्राष्टकम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootरुद्र + अष्टक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म/उद्देश्य—नामनिर्देशः; समासः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
सावित्रम्Sāvitra (a shrine/holy spot of Sāvitrī)
सावित्रम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसावित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म/उद्देश्य—नामनिर्देशः
सोमतीर्थम्Somatīrtha
सोमतीर्थम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसोम + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म/उद्देश्य—नामनिर्देशः; समासः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः)
तथाlikewise
तथा:
Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय—रीतिवाचक (adverb: ‘thus/likewise’)
एवindeed, just
एव:
Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय—अवधारण (particle of emphasis)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
एतानिthese
एतानि:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; कर्ता—सूच्यवस्तूनि (these [places])
दक्षिणेsouthern
दक्षिणे:
Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootदक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; विशेषण—तीरे प्रति (on the southern)
तीरेon the bank
तीरे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootतीर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण—‘on the bank’
रेवायाःof the Revā (Narmadā)
रेवायाः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootरेवा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध—‘of Revā (Narmadā)’
भरतर्षभO best of the Bharatas
भरतर्षभ:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootभरत + ऋषभ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; संबोधन—‘हे भरतर्षभ’ (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: ‘best of the Bharatas’)
Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rudrāṣṭaka; Sāvitra; Soma-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Three adjacent shrines/markers on the south bank: an eight-fold Rudra emblem for Rudrāṣṭaka, a rising sun disc for Sāvitra, and a crescent moon over a small kunda for Soma-tīrtha; pilgrims bathe at ghāṭ steps with offerings.

Characters & Entities
R
Revā (Narmadā)
R
Rudrāṣṭaka
S
Sāvitra
S
Soma-tīrtha

FAQs

The Purāṇa sanctifies both banks of the river, teaching that dharma is supported by knowing and honoring the tīrtha-network.

Rudrāṣṭaka, Sāvitra, and Soma-tīrtha on the southern bank of the Revā (Narmadā).

No explicit rite is stated; the verse is primarily topographical, pointing to the southern-bank sacred places.

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