Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

सारितः परितः सन्ति सतीर्थास्तु सहस्रशः । न तुलां यान्ति रेवायास्ताश्च मन्ये मुनीश्वराः

Transliteration

sāritaḥ paritaḥ santi satīrthāstu sahasraśaḥ | na tulāṃ yānti revāyāstāśca manye munīśvarāḥ

Translation

چاروں طرف بہت سی ندیاں ہیں جن کے تیرتھ ہزاروں کی تعداد میں ہیں؛ مگر اے منیوں کے سردارو، میرے نزدیک وہ رِیوا کی برابری کو نہیں پہنچتیں۔

Word by Word

• सारितः: rivers/streams
• सारितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सारित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Nominative plural); ‘सारित’ = नदी/सरित्-समूहः (rivers)

• परितः: all around
• परितः: Adhikarana (Circumstance/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परितः (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: all around)

• सन्ति: are
• सन्ति: Kriya (Existence/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन (3rd pl)

• सतीर्थाः: with (their) tīrthas
• सतीर्थाः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (उपसर्गवत् ‘सह’) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Nominative plural); विशेषणम् (qualifier of सारितः); तीर्थैः सह (with tīrthas)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Contrast)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (adversative/contrast particle)

• सहस्रशः: by the thousand
• सहस्रशः: Adhikarana (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशः (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/परिमाणवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: by thousands, in thousands)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation)

• तुलाम्: comparison, equal measure
• तुलाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• यान्ति: reach/attain
• यान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन (3rd pl)

• रेवायाः: of Revā
• रेवायाः: Sambandha (Reference/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Genitive singular)

• ताः: those (rivers)
• ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Nominative plural); (refers to सारितः understood as feminine rivers)

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

• मन्ये: I think
• मन्ये: Kriya (Cognition/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन (1st sg); आत्मनेपद

• मुनीश्वराः: O lords among sages
• मुनीश्वराः: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Nominative plural); सम्बोधनार्थे/उक्तिविषयः (addressed/referred to)

Speaker

Vāyu

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A council of sages gestures toward a radiant Revā while other rivers appear in the background with smaller shrine clusters; Revā’s glow dominates, symbolizing her unmatched tīrtha-power.

Characters & Entities

• Revā (Narmadā)
• Rivers
• Tīrthas
• Munis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacredness has degrees in Purāṇic mapping; Revā is upheld as uniquely potent among river-tīrthas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Revā/Narmadā, praised as incomparable even when other rivers possess many tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a doctrinal statement of superiority intended to inspire pilgrimage and reverence.