Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

अयं तु सङ्गमः पुण्यो यथा वेण्यां सितासितः । दृष्ट्वा तीर्थं तु ते सर्वे गीर्वाणा हृष्टचेतसः

Transliteration

ayaṃ tu saṅgamaḥ puṇyo yathā veṇyāṃ sitāsitaḥ | dṛṣṭvā tīrthaṃ tu te sarve gīrvāṇā hṛṣṭacetasaḥ

Translation

Diese Zusammenströmung ist heilig, wie das Ineinanderflechten weißer und dunkler Strähnen in einem Zopf. Als sie dieses Tīrtha erblickten, wurden alle Gīrvāṇas, die Götter, im Herzen froh.

Word by Word

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचनम्; निर्देश-सर्वनाम

• तु: indeed, but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; विरोध/विशेषार्थक-निपातः (particle: but/indeed)

• सङ्गमः: confluence, meeting-place
• सङ्गमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचनम्

• पुण्यः: holy, meritorious
• पुण्यः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (सङ्गमः)

• यथा: as, like
• यथा: Sambandha (Comparison marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमानवाचक-अव्ययम् (comparative indeclinable: as/like)

• वेण्याम्: in the braid/stream (veṇī)
• वेण्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे सप्तमी (7th/Locative) एकवचनम्

• सितासितः: white-and-black (mingled)
• सितासितः: Upamana (Standard of comparison)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सित + असित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचनम्; समासः—सित + असित (द्वन्द्वः: 'white-and-black')

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययम् (gerund/absolutive); 'having seen'

• तीर्थम्: the sacred ford/pilgrimage place
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative) एकवचनम्

• तु: then/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; निपातः

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) बहुवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (ते)

• गीर्वाणाः: gods (lit. speakers of divine speech)
• गीर्वाणाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गीर्वाण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) बहुवचनम्

• हृष्टचेतसः: with delighted minds
• हृष्टचेतसः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृष्ट + चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) बहुवचनम्; समासः—हृष्टं चेतः येषां ते (बहुव्रीहिः)

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Puṇya-saṅgama (Revā-khaṇḍa)

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous confluence where two differently colored currents meet, likened to white and dark strands in a braid; devas hover or stand on the bank, smiling with uplifted hearts.

Characters & Entities

• Saṅgama
• Gīrvāṇa (Devas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A river confluence is exalted as a concentrated seat of sanctity; even the devas rejoice upon its darśana.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A saṅgama-tīrtha (confluence) in the Revā Khaṇḍa setting, likely tied to the named rivers of the preceding verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (beholding the tīrtha) is explicitly praised; bathing is implied by the surrounding context but not stated in this verse.