Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थे तु राजेन्द्र नर्मदोदधिसङ्गमे । स्थानं कृत्वा विधानेन मुच्यन्ते पातकैर्नराः

Transliteration

tatra tīrthe tu rājendra narmadodadhisaṅgame | sthānaṃ kṛtvā vidhānena mucyante pātakairnarāḥ

Translation

An jenem Tīrtha, o Bester der Könige, am Zusammenfluss der Narmadā mit dem Ozean, werden die Menschen, wenn sie dort nach Vorschrift verweilen und die gebotenen Observanzen vollziehen, von Sünden befreit.

Word by Word

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

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

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

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• राजेन्द्र: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक) + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; राजानाम् इन्द्रः (कर्मधारय)

• नर्मदोदधिसङ्गमे: at the confluence of the Narmadā and the ocean
• नर्मदोदधिसङ्गमे: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर्मदा (प्रातिपदिक) + उदधि (प्रातिपदिक) + सङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; नर्मदायाः उदधेः सङ्गमः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• स्थानम्: a stay/abode (a halt)
• स्थानम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having made/done
• कृत्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• विधानेन: by the prescribed procedure
• विधानेन: Karana (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• मुच्यन्ते: are released
• मुच्यन्ते: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• पातकैः: from sins
• पातकैः: Apadana (Separation/from)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• नराः: men/people
• नराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator addressing Yudhiṣṭhira

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Narmadā-udadhi-saṅgama

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King addressed as ‘rājendra’

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the wide estuary, the dark river current meets foaming sea waves; pilgrims set up a small temporary camp, perform dawn bathing and offerings, with a distant shoreline shrine and seabirds circling.

Characters & Entities

• Narmadā
• Udādhi/Sāgara (ocean)
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is not only travel but disciplined observance (vidhi) and reverent dwelling (sthāna) that ripens into purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Narmadā–Ocean confluence (Narmadodadhi-saṅgama), a major Revā-khaṇḍa sacred geography marker.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing the prescribed observances (vidhāna) and undertaking a proper stay/halting observance (sthāna) at the tīrtha.