Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

सङ्गमे तु ततः स्नाता नारी वा पुरुषोऽपि वा । पुत्रं धनं तथा देवी ददाति परितोषिता

Transliteration

saṅgame tu tataḥ snātā nārī vā puruṣo'pi vā | putraṃ dhanaṃ tathā devī dadāti paritoṣitā

Translation

Au saint confluent, après le bain rituel, femme ou homme, la Déesse—pleinement satisfaite—accorde descendance et richesse.

Word by Word

• saṅgame: at the confluence
• saṅgame: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṅgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• tataḥ: then/thereafter
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: ‘then/thereafter/from there’)

• snātā: having bathed
• snātā: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √snā (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; पुं/स्त्रीलिङ्गानुसार (here agreeing with nārī/puruṣa) — ‘having bathed/bathed’

• nārī: a woman
• nārī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक निपात

• puruṣaḥ: a man
• puruṣaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puruṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• api: also/even
• api: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (particle: ‘also/even’)

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक निपात

• putram: a son
• putram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• dhanam: wealth
• dhanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• tathā: also
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (also/likewise)

• devī: the Goddess
• devī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• dadāti: gives
• dadāti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• paritoṣitā: (when) pleased
• paritoṣitā: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pari- (उपसर्ग) + √tuṣ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; devī-विशेषण — ‘being pleased’

Speaker

Markaṇḍeya (deduced; Revā Khaṇḍa narrative discourse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-saṅgama (Devī-prasiddha)

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A clear depiction of two rivers meeting; devotees (men and women) emerge from snāna holding water in cupped hands; Devī’s presence is shown as a radiant shrine or epiphany granting a child and a pot of coins/grain.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Saṅgama (confluence)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Approaching a tīrtha with faith and performing snāna brings Devī’s grace in both worldly welfare and dharmic fulfillment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A saṅgama-tīrtha (sacred confluence) within the Revā (Narmadā) region is being praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing (snāna) at the confluence as a devotional act connected to Devī’s satisfaction and boons.