Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

सांनिध्यात्सङ्गमे देवि लोकानां तु वरप्रदाः । एरण्डी वैष्णवी माया प्रत्यक्षा त्वं भविष्यसि

Transliteration

sāṃnidhyātsaṅgame devi lokānāṃ tu varapradāḥ | eraṇḍī vaiṣṇavī māyā pratyakṣā tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi

Translation

O Göttin, durch deine bloße Gegenwart am heiligen Zusammenfluss wirst du den Welten Gaben verleihen. Als Eraṇḍī – Vaiṣṇavī Māyā – wirst du sichtbar offenbar werden.

Word by Word

• सांनिध्यात्: from (your) proximity
• सांनिध्यात्: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सांनिध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• सङ्गमे: in the meeting/union
• सङ्गमे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• लोकानाम्: of the worlds/people
• लोकानाम्: Sambandha (Beneficiary group/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle)

• वर-प्रदाः: granting boons
• वर-प्रदाः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective/कर्तृसमनाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying देवाः understood)

• एरण्डी: Eraṇḍī (name)
• एरण्डी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एरण्डी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वैष्णवी: Vaiṣṇavī, pertaining to Viṣṇu
• वैष्णवी: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैष्णवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying माया)

• माया: māyā, divine power/illusion
• माया: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रत्यक्षा: manifest, visible
• प्रत्यक्षा: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective/कर्तृसमनाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रत्यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying त्वम्)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भविष्यसि: you will be/become
• भविष्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Devas (collectively), addressing Anasūyā (deduced from narrative flow)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Eraṇḍī-saṅgama (Revā-saṅgama associated with Eraṇḍī)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed as ‘devi’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a river confluence, the Devī manifests as Eraṇḍī—Vaiṣṇavī Māyā—radiant and tangible; waters meet in swirling patterns, pilgrims and gods witness the epiphany; the atmosphere is charged with blessing.

Characters & Entities

• Anasūyā
• Devas
• Revā (Narmadā)
• Saṅgama
• Eraṇḍī
• Vaiṣṇavī Māyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places (especially saṅgamas) become living channels of grace when divine power is manifest there for the welfare of the worlds.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A saṅgama (confluence) in the Revā-kṣetra, associated with the name Eraṇḍī, is praised as a boon-giving locus.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is stated; the verse emphasizes darśana and proximity (sāṃnidhya) to the manifested śakti at the tīrtha.