Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 199

Devanagari script

एवं पापानि नश्यन्ति ह्येरण्डीसङ्गमे नृणाम् । समन्ताच्छस्त्रपातेन ह्येरण्डीसङ्गमे नृप

Transliteration

evaṃ pāpāni naśyanti hyeraṇḍīsaṅgame nṛṇām | samantācchastrapātena hyeraṇḍīsaṅgame nṛpa

Translation

So vergehen am Eraṇḍī-saṅgama, dem Zusammenfluss namens Eraṇḍī, die Sünden der Menschen, o König, als fielen ringsum Waffen herab an eben diesem Eraṇḍī-saṅgama.

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb: thus)

• pāpāni: sins
• pāpāni: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन (nominative plural)

• naśyanti: perish, are destroyed
• naśyanti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: naś (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present indicative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/हेतुवाचक अव्यय (particle: indeed/for)

• eraṇḍī-saṅgame: at the confluence called Eraṇḍī
• eraṇḍī-saṅgame: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: eraṇḍī (प्रातिपदिक) + saṅgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: ‘एरण्ड्याः सङ्गमः’), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन (locative singular)

• nṛṇām: of men
• nṛṇām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन (genitive plural)

• samantāt: from all sides
• samantāt: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samantāt (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb: from all sides/everywhere)

• śastra-pātena: by the falling/striking of weapons
• śastra-pātena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śastra (प्रातिपदिक) + pāta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (तृतीया-तत्पुरुषार्थः: ‘शस्त्रस्य पातः’), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन (instrumental singular)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/हेतुवाचक अव्यय (indeed)

• eraṇḍī-saṅgame: at Eraṇḍī confluence
• eraṇḍī-saṅgame: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: eraṇḍī (प्रातिपदिक) + saṅgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: ‘एरण्ड्याः सङ्गमः’), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन (locative singular)

• nṛpa: O king
• nṛpa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन (vocative singular)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; vocative nṛpa indicates instruction to a king in this passage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Eraṇḍī-saṅgama

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (nṛpa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a dramatic river confluence, a pilgrim bathes while dark ‘sin’ forms dissolve; the simile is visualized as harmless, symbolic weapons raining down in a protective circle, signifying total destruction of pāpa; a king listens to the teaching nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Eraṇḍī-saṅgama
• Nṛpa (King)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Certain confluences are proclaimed as intensely purifying, capable of destroying accumulated sins.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Eraṇḍī-saṅgama, a named confluence-tīrtha within the Revā Khaṇḍa sacred map.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied tīrtha-sevā such as bathing and worship at Eraṇḍī-saṅgama for pāpa-kṣaya.