Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 167

Devanagari script

अद्याहं महिषीसार्थं एरण्डीसङ्गमं गतः । नाभिमात्रे जले गत्वा पीतवान्सलिलं बहु

Transliteration

adyāhaṃ mahiṣīsārthaṃ eraṇḍīsaṅgamaṃ gataḥ | nābhimātre jale gatvā pītavānsalilaṃ bahu

Translation

Aujourd’hui, avec le troupeau de buffles, je suis allé à la confluence de l’Eraṇḍī. Entrant dans l’eau jusqu’au nombril, j’ai bu abondamment de cette eau.

Word by Word

• adya: today
• adya: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (today)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• mahiṣī: of the queen
• mahiṣī: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahiṣī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• sārtham: with the company/retinue
• sārtham: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sārtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सहार्थे (with the company)

• eraṇḍīsaṅgamam: the confluence called Eraṇḍī
• eraṇḍīsaṅgamam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: eraṇḍī (प्रातिपदिक) + saṅgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (एरण्ड्याः सङ्गमः)

• gataḥ: gone
• gataḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम्, धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• nābhi-mātre: up to the navel (depth)
• nābhi-mātre: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nābhi (प्रातिपदिक) + mātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषार्थे (नाभिमात्रे = नाभि-परिमाणे)

• jale: in water
• jale: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• gatvā: having gone (into)
• gatvā: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम्, धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय-भावकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive): 'having gone/entered'

• pītavān: drank
• pītavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pā (पा, धातु) + ktavat (क्तवत्)
• Form: क्तवत्-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• salilam: water
• salilam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: salila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• bahu: much
• bahu: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying salilam)

Speaker

Brāhmaṇa husband (reporting his daytime actions)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Eraṇḍī-saṅgama

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (and by extension the addressed 'Bhārata')

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pastoral riverbank: a herdsman-brāhmaṇa with buffalo herd enters the confluence waters up to his navel and drinks deeply; the meeting of two currents is visible, with sacred luminosity over the water.

Characters & Entities

• Eraṇḍī-saṅgama
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Contact with a potent tīrtha—especially a saṅgama—can initiate purification and change one’s condition.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Eraṇḍī-saṅgama (the confluence associated with the Eraṇḍī river) in the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Entering the tīrtha-water (up to the navel) and partaking of the water—alongside the broader tīrtha-sevā implied.