Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 167

Devanagari script

अद्याहं महिषीसार्थं एरण्डीसङ्गमं गतः । नाभिमात्रे जले गत्वा पीतवान्सलिलं बहु

Transliteration

adyāhaṃ mahiṣīsārthaṃ eraṇḍīsaṅgamaṃ gataḥ | nābhimātre jale gatvā pītavānsalilaṃ bahu

Translation

Heute ging ich mit der Büffelherde zur Mündung, zum Zusammenfluss der Eraṇḍī. Ich stieg bis zum Nabel ins Wasser und trank reichlich von jenem Wasser.

Word by Word

• adya: today
• adya: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (today)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• mahiṣī: of the queen
• mahiṣī: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahiṣī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• sārtham: with the company/retinue
• sārtham: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sārtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सहार्थे (with the company)

• eraṇḍīsaṅgamam: the confluence called Eraṇḍī
• eraṇḍīsaṅgamam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: eraṇḍī (प्रातिपदिक) + saṅgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (एरण्ड्याः सङ्गमः)

• gataḥ: gone
• gataḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम्, धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• nābhi-mātre: up to the navel (depth)
• nābhi-mātre: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nābhi (प्रातिपदिक) + mātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषार्थे (नाभिमात्रे = नाभि-परिमाणे)

• jale: in water
• jale: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• gatvā: having gone (into)
• gatvā: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम्, धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय-भावकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive): 'having gone/entered'

• pītavān: drank
• pītavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pā (पा, धातु) + ktavat (क्तवत्)
• Form: क्तवत्-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• salilam: water
• salilam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: salila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• bahu: much
• bahu: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying salilam)

Speaker

Brāhmaṇa husband (reporting his daytime actions)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Eraṇḍī-saṅgama

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (and by extension the addressed 'Bhārata')

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pastoral riverbank: a herdsman-brāhmaṇa with buffalo herd enters the confluence waters up to his navel and drinks deeply; the meeting of two currents is visible, with sacred luminosity over the water.

Characters & Entities

• Eraṇḍī-saṅgama
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Contact with a potent tīrtha—especially a saṅgama—can initiate purification and change one’s condition.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Eraṇḍī-saṅgama (the confluence associated with the Eraṇḍī river) in the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Entering the tīrtha-water (up to the navel) and partaking of the water—alongside the broader tīrtha-sevā implied.