Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

महादेवप्रसादाच्च तच्छरीरसमुद्भवा । भूयो भूयो मया दृष्टा कथिता ते नृपोत्तम

Transliteration

mahādevaprasādācca taccharīrasamudbhavā | bhūyo bhūyo mayā dṛṣṭā kathitā te nṛpottama

Translation

مہادیو کے فضل سے—وہ اسی کے جسم سے ظہور پذیر ہوئی—میں نے اسے بار بار دیکھا ہے؛ اے بہترین بادشاہ، یہی میں نے تم سے بیان کیا۔

Word by Word

• महादेव-प्रसादात्: from Mahādeva’s grace
• महादेव-प्रसादात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘महादेवस्य प्रसादः’

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

• तत्-शरीर-समुद्भवा: arisen from that body
• तत्-शरीर-समुद्भवा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + शरीर (प्रातिपदिक) + समुद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘तस्य शरीरात् समुद्भवा’ (arisen from that body)

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Adhikarana (Manner/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरुक्ति-प्रयोगे अव्यय (adverb: again)

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Adhikarana (Manner/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरुक्ति-प्रयोगे अव्यय (adverb: again)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; त्रितीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• दृष्टा: seen
• दृष्टा: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कथिता: told, narrated
• कथिता: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन

• नृप-उत्तम: O best of kings
• नृप-उत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रयोगः ‘श्रेष्ठो नृपः’

Speaker

First-person narrator (a ṛṣi/purāṇic speaker addressing a king; exact identity not in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) / Revā-śakti (contextual identification)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpottama (best of kings)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator addresses a king, affirming that by Mahādeva’s grace the sacred feminine/power arose from Śiva’s own body and has been witnessed repeatedly—an intimate, authoritative revelation scene.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• Narmadā Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-darśana is a gift of grace—Narmadā’s sanctity is rooted in Mahādeva and realized repeatedly by devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Narmadā/Revā, explicitly connected to Mahādeva as her source.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription; the verse emphasizes Mahādeva’s prasāda (grace) as the cause of repeated darśana.