Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

एरण्डीसङ्गमे तद्वत्कपिलायाश्च संगमे । केचित्त्रिगुणितं प्राहुः कुब्जारेवोत्थसङ्गमे

Transliteration

eraṇḍīsaṅgame tadvatkapilāyāśca saṃgame | kecittriguṇitaṃ prāhuḥ kubjārevotthasaṅgame

Translation

وكذلك عند ملتقى إيرَنْدي (Eraṇḍī) وعند ملتقى كَبِلا (Kapilā)؛ وقد قال بعضهم إن الثمرة تُثلَّث عند الموضع الذي تلتقي فيه كُبْجا (Kubjā) بالمجرى المنبثق من ريفا (Revā).

Word by Word

• एरण्डीसङ्गमे: at the confluence of Eraṇḍī
• एरण्डीसङ्गमे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एरण्डी-सङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—एरण्डी + सङ्गम (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• तद्वत्: similarly
• तद्वत्: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद्वत् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक-निपात)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: ‘in the same way’)

• कपिलायाः: of Kapilā (river)
• कपिलायाः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपिला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

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

• सङ्गमे: at the confluence
• सङ्गमे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• केचित्: some (people)
• केचित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केचित् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• त्रिगुणितम्: tripled
• त्रिगुणितम्: Karma/Predicative (Complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि-गुणित (कृदन्त; √गुण्/गुणय् caus. ‘to multiply’)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘multiplied’; समासः—त्रि + गुणित (तत्पुरुष)

• प्राहुः: they have said
• प्राहुः: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√अह् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• कुब्जारेवोत्थसङ्गमे: at the confluence of Kubjā and Revotthā
• कुब्जारेवोत्थसङ्गमे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुब्जा-रेवोत्थ-सङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—(कुब्जा + रेवोत्थ) + सङ्गम (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष); रेवोत्थ = रेव + उत्थ (तत्पुरुष, ‘arising from Reva’)

Speaker

Unspecified (Revā Khaṇḍa narrative voice, addressing Yudhiṣṭhira)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Eraṇḍī-saṅgama; Kapilā-saṅgama; Kubjā–Revā-udbhava-saṅgama

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Three confluences shown as vignettes: Eraṇḍī and Kapilā joining Revā under flowering trees; a third scene where a bent (kubjā) stream meets a Revā-born channel, with sages debating the ‘triple fruit’ claim.

Characters & Entities

• Eraṇḍī (river)
• Kapilā (river)
• Kubjā (river)
• Revā (Narmadā)
• Yudhiṣṭhira

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography is layered: different saṅgamas are assigned different intensities of purificatory merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Eraṇḍī-saṅgama, Kapilā-saṅgama, and the Kubjā confluence connected with Revā waters.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Some traditions state a threefold increase (triguṇa) of the pilgrimage’s fruit at the Kubjā-related confluence.