Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

संगमे सरितोस्तत्र पितॄन्संतर्प्य देवताः । जपहोमादिकर्माणि कृत्वा फलमनंतकम्

Transliteration

saṃgame saritostatra pitṝnsaṃtarpya devatāḥ | japahomādikarmāṇi kṛtvā phalamanaṃtakam

Translation

An jener Flussmündung, nachdem man die Ahnen gesättigt und die Gottheiten verehrt hat, und nachdem man Handlungen wie japa (Mantrarezitation) und homa (Feueropfer) vollzogen hat, erlangt man unendliche Frucht.

Word by Word

• संगमे: at the confluence
• संगमे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• सरितोः: of the two rivers
• सरितोः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरित् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी/सप्तमी-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; अत्र षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध): ‘of the two rivers’

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

• पितॄन्: the ancestors
• पितॄन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), बहुवचन

• संतर्प्य: having satisfied
• संतर्प्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् + तृप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकाले (having satisfied)

• देवताः: the deities
• देवताः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), बहुवचन (context: to be satisfied/propitiated)

• जपहोमादिकर्माणि: acts such as japa and homa
• जपहोमादिकर्माणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जप + होम + आदि + कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), बहुवचन; समाहार/सूची-समासः (जप-होम-आदि कर्माणि)

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकाले (having done)

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• अनन्तकम्: endless/immeasurable
• अनन्तकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनन्तक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (फलम् इति विशेष्य)

Speaker

Brahmā (continuing brahmovāca from previous verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Saritoḥ Saṅgama (unnamed confluence in this excerpt)

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene river confluence at dawn; pilgrims stand waist-deep offering tarpaṇa with cupped hands, nearby a small homa-kuṇḍa with rising smoke; priests chant while waterbirds circle above.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs (ancestors)
• Devatāḥ
• Saṅgama (confluence)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

At sacred confluences, integrated worship—ancestors, deities, and disciplined rites—multiplies merit into ‘endless fruit’.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A river confluence (saṅgama) is praised as a potent tīrtha; the precise rivers are not named in this snippet.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

At the saṅgama, do pitṛ-tarpaṇa, honor devatās, and perform japa and homa (and related rites).