Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

निष्क्रान्ता शूलभेदाच्च सर्वपापक्षयंकरी । या सा गीर्वाणनाम्न्यन्या वहेत्पुण्या महानदी

Transliteration

niṣkrāntā śūlabhedācca sarvapāpakṣayaṃkarī | yā sā gīrvāṇanāmnyanyā vahetpuṇyā mahānadī

Translation

شول بھید سے نکل کر وہ تمام گناہوں کے باقی ماندہ اثرات کو مٹا دیتی ہے۔ وہی پاکیزہ مہانَدی ایک اور نام ‘گیرواںا’ سے بھی بہتی ہے۔

Word by Word

• niṣkrāntā: emerged
• niṣkrāntā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: niṣkrānta (कृदन्त; √क्रम् धातु, निस्-उपसर्ग)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) — ‘gone out/emerged’

• śūla-bhedāt: from the piercing of the trident
• śūla-bhedāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śūla (प्रातिपदिक) + bheda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘of the trident’ + ‘piercing/splitting’)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

• sarva-pāpa-kṣayaṃ-karī: causing the destruction of all sins
• sarva-pāpa-kṣayaṃ-karī: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣaya (प्रातिपदिक) + karī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (‘all’ + ‘sin’ + ‘destruction’ + ‘making’), विशेषण

• yā: who/which
• yā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• sā: that (she)
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; निर्देशार्थक सर्वनाम (correlative)

• gīrvāṇa-nāmni: in the divine name (i.e., among the gods’ appellations)
• gīrvāṇa-nāmni: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gīrvāṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘of the gods’ + ‘name’)

• anyā: another
• anyā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• vahet: would flow/carry
• vahet: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वह् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• puṇyā: holy
• puṇyā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• mahā-nadī: great river
• mahā-nadī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + nadī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (‘great’ + ‘river’)

Speaker

Narrator (tīrtha-māhātmya voice within Revā Khaṇḍa; exact speaker not in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śūlabheda / Gīrvāṇā-tīrtha (stream)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dramatic rock cleft shaped like a trident’s strike; from it a bright river issues forth. The water is personified as a goddess with a calm, purifying aura; subtle celestial attendants hint at the name ‘Gīrvāṇā’.

Characters & Entities

• Śūlabheda
• Gīrvāṇā
• Bhogavatī (contextual)
• Gaṅgā (contextual)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine waters are not merely symbolic; they are portrayed as active agents of purification and karmic release.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śūlabheda, from which the sin-destroying river-stream is said to emerge.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, contact with the river (such as bathing) is suggested by the claim of total sin-destruction, though no act is explicitly named.