Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

दशैकमुत्तरे तीरे सत्रिविंशति दक्षिणे । पञ्चत्रिंशत्तमः श्रेष्ठो रेवासागरसङ्गमः

Transliteration

daśaikamuttare tīre satriviṃśati dakṣiṇe | pañcatriṃśattamaḥ śreṣṭho revāsāgarasaṅgamaḥ

Translation

Am nördlichen Ufer sind es elf, am südlichen Ufer siebenundzwanzig; der fünfunddreißigste, der vortrefflichste, ist der Zusammenfluss der Revā mit dem Ozean.

Word by Word

• daśa: ten
• daśa: Viśeṣaṇa (Numeral qualifier/संख्या-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daśa (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्याशब्दः; समासाङ्ग/विशेषण (ten)

• ekam: one (making eleven)
• ekam: Viśeṣaṇa (Numeral qualifier/संख्या-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; daśa+ekam इति संख्यासमाहार (11)

• uttare: on the northern
• uttare: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; ‘तीरे’ विशेषण (on the northern)

• tīre: bank/shore
• tīre: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• sa: with
• sa: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sa (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश)
• Form: उपसर्गसदृश-पूर्वपद (prefix-like), ‘स-’ = with/together; समासाङ्ग

• triviṃśati: twenty-three
• triviṃśati: Viśeṣaṇa (Numeral qualifier/संख्या-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: triviṃśati (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्याशब्दः; sa+triviṃśati इति उपपद-तत्पुरुष (23); अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः

• dakṣiṇe: on the southern
• dakṣiṇe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dakṣiṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; (तीरे) अनुवृत्त्या

• pañcatriṃśat: thirty-five
• pañcatriṃśat: Viśeṣaṇa (Numeral qualifier/संख्या-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañcatriṃśat (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्याशब्दः; समासाङ्ग (35)

• tamaḥ: thirty-fifth
• tamaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Ordinal qualifier/क्रम-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; pañcatriṃśat+tamaḥ इति क्रमवाचक-तत्पुरुष (35th)

• śreṣṭhaḥ: best
• śreṣṭhaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण

• revā: Revā (Narmadā)
• revā: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: revā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, समासाङ्ग

• sāgara: ocean
• sāgara: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, समासाङ्ग

• saṅgamaḥ: confluence
• saṅgamaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṅgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; revā+sāgara+saṅgamaḥ इति तत्पुरुषः (confluence of Revā and ocean)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced: Āvantya Khaṇḍa narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-sāgara-saṅgama

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis / dvija-śreṣṭhas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two riverbanks are shown with counted confluence markers—11 on the north, 27 on the south—leading the eye to a grand final scene where Revā merges into the ocean, depicted as the ‘best’ saṅgama with heightened radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Revā (Narmadā)
• Sāgara (Ocean)
• Revā-sāgara-saṅgama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa ranks and maps holy places, teaching that sacred geography has gradations of merit, culminating in especially celebrated confluences.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā-sāgara-saṅgama—where the Narmadā meets the ocean—is declared the श्रेष्ठ (best) among the thirty-five confluences.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; the context implies saṅgama-snān (bathing at the confluence) and tīrtha-sevā as the intended practice.