Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

दक्षिणा यत्र गङ्गा च रेवा चैव महानदी । यत्रयत्र च दृश्येत प्राची चैव सरस्वती

Transliteration

dakṣiṇā yatra gaṅgā ca revā caiva mahānadī | yatrayatra ca dṛśyeta prācī caiva sarasvatī

Translation

جہاں گنگا جنوب میں ہو اور رِیوا عظیم ندی ہو، وہاں—جہاں کہیں بھی وہ دکھائی دے—پورو کی سمت بہتی سرسوتی بھی موجود ہوتی ہے۔

Word by Word

• दक्षिणा: southern
• दक्षिणा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (fem.)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• गङ्गा: Gaṅgā
• गङ्गा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• रेवा: Revā (Narmadā)
• रेवा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphasis)

• महानदी: the great river
• महानदी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + नदी (प्रातिपदिक; components: महा (great) + नदी (river))
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय ('great river')

• यत्रयत्र: wherever
• यत्रयत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय) + यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरुक्त-अव्यय (reduplicated relative adverb: wherever)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• दृश्येत: is seen/appears
• दृश्येत: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगार्थक ('may be seen/appears')

• प्राची: eastern
• प्राची: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राची (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (eastern)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphasis)

• सरस्वती: Sarasvatī
• सरस्वती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative dialogue within Revā Khaṇḍa; speaker not explicit in excerpt)

Characters & Entities

• Gaṅgā
• Revā (Narmadā)
• Sarasvatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

At tīrthas, divine sacredness is understood through sacred geography—multiple holy rivers are mystically present, magnifying merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Revā-region tīrtha described through the directional presence of Gaṅgā, Revā, and Sarasvatī—suggesting a highly sanctified river landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse frames darśana (beholding) of the sacred locale as spiritually significant.