Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

कावेर्याः सङ्गमे विप्राः स्थिता पञ्चशती तथा । तीर्थानां पर्वसु तथा विशेषो मुनिनोदितः

Transliteration

kāveryāḥ saṅgame viprāḥ sthitā pañcaśatī tathā | tīrthānāṃ parvasu tathā viśeṣo muninoditaḥ

Translation

Au confluent de la Kāverī, ô brāhmanes, cinq cents tīrtha sont établis. De même, le sage a proclamé des distinctions particulières des tīrtha aux jours de fête et aux temps sacrés.

Word by Word

• कावेर्याः: of (the river) Kāverī
• कावेर्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कावेरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• सङ्गमे: at the confluence
• सङ्गमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• विप्राः: Brahmins
• विप्राः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• स्थिताः: stood / were present
• स्थिताः: Kriya (Predicate state/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विधेय (predicative)

• पञ्चशती: a group of five hundred
• पञ्चशती: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च + शती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (numeral compound)

• तथा: also / likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः—समुच्चय/अन्वयार्थ (also/likewise)

• तीर्थानाम्: of the sacred fords
• तीर्थानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• पर्वसु: on festival/holy days
• पर्वसु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थ (also)

• विशेषः: a special distinction
• विशेषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मुनिना: by the sage
• मुनिना: Karana (Agent/instrument in passive sense/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• उदितः: declared / stated
• उदितः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु) + उद्-उपसर्ग + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषः इति पदस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

Bhārgava (implied)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāverī-saṅgama

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: viprāḥ / sages addressed as ‘O brāhmaṇas’

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous river-confluence with many small shrines and bathing-ghāṭas; brāhmaṇas and pilgrims gather on a parvan day while a sage points out the ‘special distinctions’ of the tīrthas.

Characters & Entities

• Kāverī-saṅgama
• Parvan (festival days)
• Tīrtha
• Muni

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places gain heightened efficacy at auspicious times; timing (parvan) intensifies tīrtha merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kāverī-saṅgama is highlighted as exceptionally endowed with five hundred tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse implies observances at tīrthas on parvan days, though it does not specify a single rite.