Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3
Devanagari script
संगता रेवया तत्र स्नात्वा पापैः प्रमुच्यते
Transliteration
saṃgatā revayā tatra snātvā pāpaiḥ pramucyate
Translation
Dort, am Zusammenfluss mit der Revā, wird, wer badet, von Sünden befreit.
Word by Word
संगताjoined / met (together)
संगता:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootसम् + गम् (धातु)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)
रेवयाwith Revā (Narmadā)
रेवया:
Sahakarana (Association/सह)
TypeNoun
Rootरेवा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb of place)
स्नात्वाhaving bathed
स्नात्वा:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्ना (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)
पापैःfrom sins / by sins (as that which is removed)
पापैः:
Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootपाप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)
प्रमुच्यतेis freed / is released
प्रमुच्यते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootमुच् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive) with प्र-उपसर्ग
Speaker
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual attribution within Revā Khaṇḍa narrative)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kara–Revā Saṅgama
Type: sangam
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Pilgrims bathing where two rivers meet; the waters are shown as distinct streams merging; a small shrine/flagstaff on the bank indicates sanctity.
Characters & Entities
R
Revā (Narmadā)S
Saṅgama (confluence)S
Snāna (ritual bath)FAQs
Contact with a consecrated place through sincere ritual bathing is portrayed as a means of inner purification and release from wrongdoing.
A saṅgama (confluence) connected with the Revā/Narmadā, praised for its sin-destroying power.
Snāna (bathing) at the confluence with the Revā.