Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

घण्टापताकावितनं यो ददेत्सङ्गमेश्वरे । हंसयुक्तविमानस्थो दिव्यस्त्रीशतसंवृतः

Transliteration

ghaṇṭāpatākāvitanaṃ yo dadetsaṅgameśvare | haṃsayuktavimānastho divyastrīśatasaṃvṛtaḥ

Translation

സംഗമേശ്വരന് ഘണ്ടകൾ, പതാകകൾ, വിതാനങ്ങൾ എന്നിവ അർപ്പിക്കുന്നവൻ, ഹംസയുക്തമായ വിമാനത്തിൽ ആരൂഢനായി, നൂറുകണക്കിന് ദിവ്യസ്ത്രീകളാൽ ചുറ്റപ്പെട്ടിരിക്കും।

Word by Word

• घण्टापताकावितनम्: a canopy/decoration of bells and flags
• घण्टापताकावितनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घण्टा + पताका + वितान (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (घण्टाः च पताकाः च वितानम्/वितानरूपं दानम्)

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

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

• सङ्गमेश्वरे: to/at Saṅgameśvara
• सङ्गमेश्वरे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सङ्गम + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• हंसयुक्तविमानस्थः: standing in a swan-yoked aerial car
• हंसयुक्तविमानस्थः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हंस + युक्त + विमान + स्थ (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (हंसैः युक्तं विमानं तस्मिन् स्थः)

• दिव्यस्त्रीशतसंवृतः: surrounded by a hundred divine women
• दिव्यस्त्रीशतसंवृतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य + स्त्री + शत + संवृत (कृदन्त; √वृ धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त); तत्पुरुषः (दिव्यानां स्त्रीणां शतेन संवृतः)

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Saṅgameśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotee offers bells, fluttering flags, and a canopy to the Saṅgameśvara shrine; in a visionary overlay, the donor ascends in a swan-drawn vimāna amid celestial maidens.

Characters & Entities

• Saṅgameśvara
• Vimāna
• Haṃsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional giving for the adornment of a Śiva shrine is extolled as a direct cause of exalted posthumous reward.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Saṅgameśvara shrine at Saṅgama-tīrtha in the Narmadā (Revā) sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna/arpana of temple items—bells, flags, and canopies—offered to Saṅgameśvara.