Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

सङ्गमे तत्र यः स्नात्वा पूजयेत्सङ्गमेश्वरम् । अश्वमेधस्य यज्ञस्य फलं प्राप्नोत्यसंशयम्

Transliteration

saṅgame tatra yaḥ snātvā pūjayetsaṅgameśvaram | aśvamedhasya yajñasya phalaṃ prāpnotyasaṃśayam

Translation

അവിടെ ആ സംഗമത്തിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് സംഗമേശ്വരനെ പൂജിക്കുന്നവൻ, സംശയമില്ലാതെ അശ്വമേധയാഗത്തിന്റെ ഫലം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

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

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• यः: whoever
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वक्रिया

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सङ्गमेश्वरम्: Saṅgameśvara (Lord of the confluence)
• सङ्गमेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सङ्गम + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सङ्गमस्य ईश्वरः)

• अश्वमेधस्य: of the Aśvamedha
• अश्वमेधस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वमेध (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (अश्वस्य मेधः)

• यज्ञस्य: of the sacrifice
• यज्ञस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• फलम्: the fruit (result)
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• प्राप्नोति: attains
• प्राप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• असंशयम्: undoubtedly
• असंशयम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अ + संशय (प्रातिपदिक; नञ्-समास)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषण; नञ्-पूर्वक अव्यय (adverb: 'without doubt')

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced: Āvantya Khaṇḍa narrative frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Saṅgameśvara Saṅgama-tīrtha

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpaśreṣṭha (best of kings)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrim bathes at the confluence, then offers bilva leaves and water to a Śiva-liṅga titled Saṅgameśvara on the riverbank; priests chant; the rivers shimmer.

Characters & Entities

• Saṅgama
• Saṅgameśvara
• Aśvamedha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage-bathing and devotion at a sanctified confluence can equal the highest Vedic sacrificial merits when centered on worship of Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Saṅgama-tīrtha, specifically the shrine of Saṅgameśvara at the confluence associated with the Narmadā region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) at the confluence followed by pūjā (worship) of Saṅgameśvara.