Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

रेवाया उत्तरे कूले तीर्थं परमशोभनम् । यत्रास्ते सर्वदा देवो वेदमूर्तिर्दिवाकरः

Transliteration

revāyā uttare kūle tīrthaṃ paramaśobhanam | yatrāste sarvadā devo vedamūrtirdivākaraḥ

Translation

Trên bờ bắc sông Revā có một thánh địa (tīrtha) tuyệt mỹ, nơi thần Divākara (Mặt Trời), hiện thân của các Veda, hằng ngự trị.

Word by Word

• रेवायाः: of the Revā (Narmadā)
• रेवायाः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• उत्तरे: on the northern
• उत्तरे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण (कूले इति विशेष्यस्य)

• कूले: bank (shore)
• कूले: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तीर्थम्: a sacred ford/place of pilgrimage
• तीर्थम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• परमशोभनम्: supremely beautiful
• परमशोभनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम + शोभन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (तीर्थम् इति विशेष्यस्य)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः—देशवाचक (relative adverb: where)

• आस्ते: dwells, remains
• आस्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• सर्वदा: always
• सर्वदा: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (always)

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• वेदमूर्तिः: whose form is the Veda (embodiment of the Vedas)
• वेदमूर्तिः: Visheshana (Apposition/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद + मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; देवः इति समानाधिकरण-विशेषणवत् (appositional epithet)

• दिवाकरः: the Sun (day-maker)
• दिवाकरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवाकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; देवः इति समानाधिकरण (Sun)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-uttara-kūla tīrtha (with Divākara-sannidhya)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (nṛpa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A bright dawn on the Revā’s north bank; a radiant Sūrya with Vedic motifs (ṛk-yajus-sāman-atharvan) emanating as light; pilgrims stand in the shallows offering arghya; the tīrtha glows as ‘parama-śobhana’.

Characters & Entities

• Revā (Narmadā)
• Divākara (Sūrya)
• Veda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha is not merely a place but a living seat of divinity; here the Sun is revered as the very embodiment of Vedic revelation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A splendid tīrtha on the northern bank of the Revā (contextually connected to Puṣkariṇī).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated here; the verse establishes the divine presence (Sūrya as Veda-mūrti) that grounds later prescriptions.