Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

गङ्गायमुनसङ्गे वै यत्फलं लभते नरः । तत्फलं लभते मर्त्यः कावेरीस्नानमाचरन्

Transliteration

gaṅgāyamunasaṅge vai yatphalaṃ labhate naraḥ | tatphalaṃ labhate martyaḥ kāverīsnānamācaran

Translation

Quel que soit le fruit spirituel qu’un homme obtient au saṅgama sacré de la Gaṅgā et de la Yamunā, ce même fruit le mortel l’atteint en accomplissant le bain sacré dans la Kāverī.

Word by Word

• gaṅgā-yamunā-saṅge: at the confluence of Gaṅgā and Yamunā
• gaṅgā-yamunā-saṅge: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṅgā (प्रातिपदिक) + yamunā (प्रातिपदिक) + saṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समाहार/सम्बन्ध-तत्पुरुष (गङ्गायमुनयोः सङ्गः), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक/खल्वर्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• yat-phalam: whatever fruit/result
• yat-phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (यत् फलं), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• labhate: obtains
• labhate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √labh (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tat-phalam: that same fruit/result
• tat-phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (तत् फलं), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• labhate: obtains
• labhate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √labh (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• martyaḥ: a mortal
• martyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: martya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• kāverī-snānam: bath in the Kāverī
• kāverī-snānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāverī (प्रातिपदिक) + snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (कावेऱ्याः स्नानम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ācaran: practising / performing
• ācaran: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √car (धातु) + ā- → ācarat (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; present participle, agreeing with martyaḥ

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Skanda Purana narrative framework)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāverī (snāna)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Split-scene comparison: left shows Prayāga saṅgama with two rivers meeting; right shows a devotee bathing in Kāverī; a subtle divine scale or equal halo indicates identical merit.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṅgā
• Yamunā
• Kāverī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s sanctity can equal famed pan-Indian pilgrimage sites; sincere snāna in Kāverī grants great puṇya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kāverī river as a sacred bathing tīrtha, equated in merit to the Gaṅgā–Yamunā confluence (Prayāga).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Kāverī-snāna—performing a holy bath in the Kāverī.