Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

तस्माद्दक्षिणदिग्भागे संभेदः सिद्धसेवितः । तिलोदकीसरय्वोश्च संगत्या भुवि संश्रुतः

Transliteration

tasmāddakṣiṇadigbhāge saṃbhedaḥ siddhasevitaḥ | tilodakīsarayvośca saṃgatyā bhuvi saṃśrutaḥ

Translation

Daher gibt es im südlichen Bereich eine heilige Flussvereinigung, von Siddhas verehrt und aufgesucht. Auf Erden ist sie berühmt als der Zusammenfluss von Tilodakī und Sarayū.

Word by Word

• tasmāt: from that/therefore
• tasmāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय; पञ्चमी-एकवचनार्थे (ablatival adverb)

• dakṣiṇa-dik-bhāge: in the southern quarter/region
• dakṣiṇa-dik-bhāge: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dakṣiṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + dik (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष समास (दक्षिणायां दिशि भागः); पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• saṃbhedaḥ: a confluence/meeting-point
• saṃbhedaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃbheda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• siddha-sevitaḥ: served/visited by siddhas
• siddha-sevitaḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: siddha (प्रातिपदिक) + sevita (कृदन्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष समास (सिद्धैः सेवितः); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• tilodakī-sarayvoḥ: of Tilodakī and Sarayū
• tilodakī-sarayvoḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tilodakī (प्रातिपदिक) + sarayū (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व समास (तिलोदकी च सरयू च); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), द्विवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• saṃgatyā: by the meeting/confluence
• saṃgatyā: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃgati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; ‘by/through meeting’

• bhuvi: on earth
• bhuvi: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhū (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• saṃśrutaḥ: well-known
• saṃśrutaḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śru (धातु) + sam- → saṃśruta (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘well-known/renowned’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; Ayodhyāmāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tilodakī–Sarayū Saṅgama

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene river confluence in the southern quarter: two streams meet; siddhas hover or sit in meditation on the bank; pilgrims approach with water-pots and folded hands; sacred trees and ghāṭa steps frame the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Tilodakī (river)
• Sarayū (river)
• Siddhas
• Saṁbheda (confluence)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Confluences of sacred rivers are especially sanctifying and are honored even by siddhas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The renowned saṅgama (confluence) of the Tilodakī and the Sarayū, in the southern region (relative to Ayodhyā).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, pilgrimage to and reverence for the river-confluence tīrtha.