Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

चण्डपाणेश्च माहात्म्यं कावेरीसङ्गमस्तथा । कुबेरेश्वरतीर्थं च वाराहीसङ्गमस्तथा

Transliteration

caṇḍapāṇeśca māhātmyaṃ kāverīsaṅgamastathā | kubereśvaratīrthaṃ ca vārāhīsaṅgamastathā

Translation

(On y trouve) la grandeur de Caṇḍapāṇi; ainsi que la confluence de la Kāverī. Et (l’on y trouve) le tīrtha de Kubereśvara, et de même la confluence de la Vārāhī.

Word by Word

• चण्डपाणेः: of Caṇḍapāṇi
• चण्डपाणेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चण्डपाणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• माहात्म्यम्: greatness, sacred glory
• माहात्म्यम्: Karma/Visheya (Object or item listed/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• कावेरीसङ्गमः: the confluence of the Kāverī
• कावेरीसङ्गमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कावेरी + सङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—कावेर्याः सङ्गमः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Samuccaya (Also/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (also/likewise)

• कुबेरेश्वरतीर्थम्: Kubera-īśvara-tīrtha
• कुबेरेश्वरतीर्थम्: Karma/Visheya (Object or item listed/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुबेरेश्वर + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन; समासः—कुबेरेश्वरस्य तीर्थम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• वाराहीसङ्गमः: the confluence of Vārāhī
• वाराहीसङ्गमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाराही + सङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—वाराह्याः सङ्गमः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Samuccaya (Also/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (also/likewise)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha-māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāverī-saṅgama; Vārāhī-saṅgama; Kubereśvara-tīrtha; Caṇḍapāṇi (kṣetrapāla focus)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣi audience / pilgrims

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two river confluences marked by ghats; between them, a fierce guardian deity Caṇḍapāṇi with weapon-bearing hand, and a Kubereśvara liṅga shrine with Kubera imagery (treasure pot, yakṣa attendants).

Characters & Entities

• Caṇḍapāṇi
• Kāverī Saṅgama
• Kubereśvara Tīrtha
• Vārāhī Saṅgama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa binds deity-glory (māhātmya) with sacred hydrology (saṅgama), teaching that devotion and geography together confer merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāverī Saṅgama, Kubereśvara Tīrtha, and Vārāhī Saṅgama (along with Caṇḍapāṇi’s māhātmya).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the verse enumerates sites whose māhātmya is to be heard and remembered.