Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

तत्र प्रवाहमध्ये तु पतिता तमहा नदी । तत्र तत्सङ्गमं तीर्थं सर्वपापक्षयंकरम्

Transliteration

tatra pravāhamadhye tu patitā tamahā nadī | tatra tatsaṅgamaṃ tīrthaṃ sarvapāpakṣayaṃkaram

Translation

Dort, mitten im Hauptstrom, mündet der Fluss Tamahā; und an dieser Mündung liegt ein Tīrtha, das alle Sünden vernichtet.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: 'there')

• प्रवाहमध्ये: in the middle of the stream
• प्रवाहमध्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रवाह (प्रातिपदिक) + मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (प्रवाहस्य मध्ये: in the middle of the current/stream)

• तु: indeed, but
• तु: Sambandha/Discourse (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वयबोधक-अव्यय (particle: 'but/indeed')

• पतिता: fallen, descended
• पतिता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √पत् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकालिक-कृदन्त (past participle); विधेय-विशेषण

• तमहा: Tamahā (river)
• तमहा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमहा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नदी-नाम (proper name)

• नदी: river
• नदी: Apposition/Identifier (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• सङ्गमम्: confluence
• सङ्गमम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तीर्थम्: sacred ford
• तीर्थम्: Apposition/Identifier (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समानााधिकरण (apposition to सङ्गमम्)

• सर्वपापक्षयंकरम्: causing the destruction of all sins
• सर्वपापक्षयंकरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षय (प्रातिपदिक) + कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण; तत्पुरुष-समास (सर्वपापानां क्षयं करोति इति: causing destruction of all sins)

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya (continuing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tamahā–Revā Saṅgama Tīrtha

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dramatic river confluence: the darker Tamahā stream merges into the broad Revā current at midstream; pilgrims stand on ghāṭa steps offering arghya, while the waters swirl in a visible meeting-line signifying pāpa-kṣaya.

Characters & Entities

• Tamahā River
• Saṅgama (confluence)
• Mokṣatīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Confluences (saṅgamas) are highlighted as potent tīrthas where accumulated sin is washed away through sacred contact.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The saṅgama-tīrtha where the Tamahā river meets the main current (within the Revā Khaṇḍa pilgrimage map).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, worship/visit at the confluence tīrtha (commonly including snāna), though the verse explicitly states the confluence’s sin-destroying power.