Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 102

Devanagari script

जले निष्ठीवितं चैव मुशलं वापि लङ्घितम् । वृषलीगमनं चैव गुरुदारनिषेवणम्

Transliteration

jale niṣṭhīvitaṃ caiva muśalaṃ vāpi laṅghitam | vṛṣalīgamanaṃ caiva gurudāraniṣevaṇam

Translation

پانی میں تھوکنا، موسل (اوکھلی کا ڈنڈا) کو پھلانگنا، ممنوعہ تعلق والی عورت سے اختلاط، اور استاد کی بیوی کی بے حرمتی—(ایسے سنگین گناہ بھی) یہاں ان خطاؤں میں شمار ہیں جو اس ریوا بخش کے مذکورہ ورت سے پاک ہو سکتی ہیں۔

Word by Word

• jale: in water
• jale: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Locative singular; अधिकरण

• niṣṭhīvitam: spitting (spit)
• niṣṭhīvitam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niṣ+ṭhīv (धा॒तु) + kta (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — PPP used substantively; कर्ता/विषय

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha/Avyaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — समुच्चयार्थक (and)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha/Avyaya (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — अवधारणार्थक (indeed/just)

• muśalam: a pestle/club
• muśalam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muśala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular; कर्ता/विषय

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha/Avyaya (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — विकल्पार्थक (or)

• api: also/even
• api: Sambandha/Avyaya (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — समुच्चय/अपि-कार (also/even)

• laṅghitam: stepping over/overstepping
• laṅghitam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: laṅgh (धा॒तु) + kta (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — PPP used substantively; कर्ता/विषय

• vṛṣalī-gamanam: going to/consorting with a vṛṣalī (low-caste woman)
• vṛṣalī-gamanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛṣalī (प्रातिपदिक) + gamana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular; कर्ता/विषय

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha/Avyaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — समुच्चयार्थक (and)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha/Avyaya (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — अवधारणार्थक (indeed)

• guru-dāra-niṣevaṇam: sexual association with the guru’s wife
• guru-dāra-niṣevaṇam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guru (प्रातिपदिक) + dāra (प्रातिपदिक) + niṣevaṇa (प्रातिपदिक; नि+सेव् धातु सेवानाम्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular; कर्ता/विषय

Speaker

Narratorial voice within Revā Khaṇḍa (exact speaker not in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cautionary tableau: near the river, symbolic vignettes—someone spitting into water, a person stepping over a pestle, shadowy figures representing forbidden relations—are shown fading as a penitent performs snāna and offers dāna under priestly guidance.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Puranic teaching emphasizes that dharma provides a path of purification even for severe moral lapses, when one sincerely undertakes the prescribed sacred remedy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā/Narmadā tīrtha sphere is the chapter’s setting; the verse belongs to Revā Khaṇḍa’s praise of purifying practices connected to that sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse enumerates sinful acts; the concrete atonement/purifying act is specified in the immediate context of the chapter (not fully contained in this single verse).