Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

स्मरणाज्जन्मजनितं दर्शनाच्च त्रिजन्मजम् । सप्तजन्मकृतं नश्येत्पापं रेवावगाहनात्

Transliteration

smaraṇājjanmajanitaṃ darśanācca trijanmajam | saptajanmakṛtaṃ naśyetpāpaṃ revāvagāhanāt

Translation

ریوا کا سمرن کرنے سے اسی جنم کے پیدا شدہ پاپ نَشٹ ہو جاتے ہیں؛ اس کے درشن سے تین جنموں کے پاپ مٹتے ہیں؛ اور ریوا میں اَوگاہن (اسنان) سے سات جنموں کے جمع پاپ بھی فنا ہو جاتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• स्मरणात्: from remembrance
• स्मरणात्: Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्मरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान/हेतु), एकवचन; Ablative singular (from/by reason of)

• जन्मजनितम्: produced by birth
• जन्मजनितम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन्म (प्रातिपदिक) + जनित (कृदन्त; √जन् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; past passive participle used adjectivally; ‘born from birth’

• दर्शनात्: from seeing
• दर्शनात्: Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Ablative singular (from seeing)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• त्रिजन्मजम्: arisen from three births
• त्रिजन्मजम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + जन्म (प्रातिपदिक) + ज (कृदन्त; √जन् (धातु) + ड)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘born of three births’ (trijanma-ja)

• सप्तजन्मकृतम्: done in seven births
• सप्तजन्मकृतम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + जन्म (प्रातिपदिक) + कृत (कृदन्त; √कृ (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; past passive participle used adjectivally; ‘done over seven births’

• नश्येत्: would perish
• नश्येत्: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नश् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Parasmaipada; ‘may perish’

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; here as कर्म (object) of नश्येत्

• रेवावगाहनात्: from immersion in the Reva (Narmada)
• रेवावगाहनात्: Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेवा (प्रातिपदिक) + अवगाहन (प्रातिपदिक; √गाह् (धातु) + ल्युट्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Ablative singular; ‘from bathing/immersion in the Reva’

Speaker

Narrative voice within Revā Khaṇḍa; speaker not explicit in snippet

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (addressed as Pārtha in the surrounding discourse style)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous river-goddess Revā flowing between rocky banks; pilgrims on the ghāṭa performing ācamana and entering the water; subtle aura showing sins dissolving as dark smoke dispersing.

Characters & Entities

• Revā (Narmadā)
• Smaraṇa (remembrance)
• Darśana (sight)
• Avagāhana (bathing/immersion)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Contact with a tīrtha operates at levels of mind, sight, and bodily ritual—each progressively intensifying purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Revā/Narmadā, praised for extraordinary power to destroy sins across multiple lifetimes.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Revā-avaghāna (bathing/immersion) is highlighted as the strongest purifier, alongside darśana (seeing) and smaraṇa (remembrance).