Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

तत्फलं समवाप्नोति रेवासागरसङ्गमे । सुवर्णं रजतं ताम्रं मणिमौक्तिकभूषणम्

Transliteration

tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti revāsāgarasaṅgame | suvarṇaṃ rajataṃ tāmraṃ maṇimauktikabhūṣaṇam

Translation

Ce même fruit s’obtient au confluent de la Revā et de l’océan. (Là, l’on offre) de l’or, de l’argent, du cuivre, et des parures serties de gemmes et de perles.

Word by Word

• tat-phalam: that fruit/result
• tat-phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• samavāpnoti: attains
• samavāpnoti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ava-√āp (धातु; आप् प्राप्तौ)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• revā-sāgara-saṅgame: at the confluence of Revā and the ocean
• revā-sāgara-saṅgame: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: revā (प्रातिपदिक) + sāgara (प्रातिपदिक) + saṅgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• suvarṇam: gold
• suvarṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suvarṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• rajatam: silver
• rajatam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rajata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• tāmram: copper
• tāmram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāmra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• maṇi-mauktika-bhūṣaṇam: ornament of gems and pearls
• maṇi-mauktika-bhūṣaṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṇi (प्रातिपदिक) + mauktika (प्रातिपदिक) + bhūṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā–Sāgara-saṅgama

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the river-ocean confluence, donors present gold, silver, copper, and gem-pearl ornaments to priests/ascetics; the waters shimmer with sacred light.

Characters & Entities

• Revā (Narmadā)
• Sāgara (Ocean)
• Revā–Sāgara-saṅgama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A confluence (saṅgama) is a concentrated sacred geography where the fruits of many tīrthas are said to be accessible.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Revā–Sāgara-saṅgama: the confluence of the Narmadā (Revā) with the ocean.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna of precious metals and ornaments (gold, silver, copper, gem-and-pearl jewellery), in the tīrtha setting (implicitly alongside snāna).