Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

रेवाया विमले तोये ब्रह्मावर्तसमीपतः । स्नात्वा जप्त्वा विधानेन अर्चयित्वा च शङ्करम्

Transliteration

revāyā vimale toye brahmāvartasamīpataḥ | snātvā japtvā vidhānena arcayitvā ca śaṅkaram

Translation

برہماورت کے قریب رِیوا کے پاکیزہ پانی میں اس نے غسل کیا، قاعدے کے مطابق جپ کیا اور شنکر کی پوجا کی۔

Word by Word

• रेवायाः: of the Revā (Narmadā)
• रेवायाः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: revā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• विमले: pure
• विमले: Adhikaraṇa (Locative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vimala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier of तोये)

• तोये: in the water
• तोये: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: toya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• ब्रह्मावर्तसमीपतः: from near Brahmāvarta
• ब्रह्मावर्तसमीपतः: Apādāna (Source/ablatival)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: brahmāvarta + samīpa (प्रातिपदिक) + -tas (अव्ययप्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb) ‘-तः’; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘ब्रह्मावर्तस्य समीपः’ + तः = ‘from near Brahmāvarta’

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriyā (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: snā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); अव्ययभावः; पूर्वक्रिया

• जप्त्वा: having recited (prayers)
• जप्त्वा: Kriyā (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jap (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); अव्ययभावः; पूर्वक्रिया

• विधानेन: according to the prescribed rite
• विधानेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• अर्चयित्वा: having worshipped
• अर्चयित्वा: Kriyā (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: arc (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) of causative/denominative usage ‘अर्चयति’; अव्ययभावः; पूर्वक्रिया

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

• शङ्करम्: Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• शङ्करम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṅkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) near Brahmāvarta

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahārāja

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On the clean riverbank of Revā, near a sanctified tract called Brahmāvarta, the devotee bathes, sits for japa with rosary, then offers worship to Śaṅkara at a simple liṅga shrine under trees.

Characters & Entities

• Revā (Narmadā)
• Brahmāvarta
• Śaṅkara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is fulfilled by disciplined practice—purifying bath, mantra-recitation, and worship—performed in a sanctified landscape.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā (Narmadā) waters near Brahmāvarta are highlighted as especially pure and ritually efficacious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A standard tīrtha regimen: snāna (bathing), japa (mantra repetition) as per vidhi, and Śiva-arcana (worship).