Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

सङ्गमो मोक्षनद्याश्च तीर्थं च विमलेश्वरम् । तथैवोलूकतीर्थं च पुष्करिण्याश्च सङ्गमः

Transliteration

saṅgamo mokṣanadyāśca tīrthaṃ ca vimaleśvaram | tathaivolūkatīrthaṃ ca puṣkariṇyāśca saṅgamaḥ

Translation

Il y a la confluence avec la Mokṣa-nadī, et le tīrtha de Vimaleśvara; de même l’Olūka-tīrtha, et la confluence avec la Puṣkariṇī, l’étang ou cours d’eau sacré.

Word by Word

• सङ्गमः: confluence
• सङ्गमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• मोक्षनद्याः: of the Mokṣa river
• मोक्षनद्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष-नदी (प्रातिपदिक; मोक्ष + नदी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• तीर्थम्: sacred ford/pilgrimage spot
• तीर्थम्: Visheshya/Item (enumeration)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• विमलेश्वरम्: Vimaleśvara (the pure Lord)
• विमलेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमल-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; विमल + ईश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Discourse connective)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक/समुच्चयार्थ (adverb: 'thus/likewise')

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (particle of emphasis)

• उलूकतीर्थम्: Ulūka tīrtha
• उलूकतीर्थम्: Visheshya/Item (enumeration)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उलूक-तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; उलूक + तीर्थ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• पुष्करिण्याः: of the lotus-pond (Puṣkariṇī)
• पुष्करिण्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्करिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• सङ्गमः: confluence
• सङ्गमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced from Purāṇic tīrtha-māhātmya catalog style within Āvantya/Revā context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mokṣa-nadī Saṅgama; Vimaleśvara Tīrtha; Olūka-tīrtha; Puṣkariṇī Saṅgama

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A river confluence with two differently colored streams meeting; pilgrims bathing; nearby a simple stone liṅga shrine labeled Vimaleśvara; a smaller sacred spot Olūka-tīrtha; a lotus-filled puṣkariṇī joining the flow.

Characters & Entities

• Mokṣa-nadī
• Vimaleśvara
• Olūka-tīrtha
• Puṣkariṇī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Liberation-oriented sacred geography is taught through saṅgamas and Śiva-shrines, implying that pilgrimage and devotion purify and orient the mind toward mokṣa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Mokṣa-nadī confluence, Vimaleśvara tīrtha, Olūka-tīrtha, and the Puṣkariṇī confluence within the Revā-region tīrtha network.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the verse functions as a tīrtha-listing that implicitly recommends darśana and snāna at these saṅgamas and shrines.