Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

संपृच्छ्यमाना तीर्थानि ब्राह्मणेभ्यो युधिष्ठिर । श्रुत्वा पापहरं तीर्थं रेवासागरसङ्गमे

Transliteration

saṃpṛcchyamānā tīrthāni brāhmaṇebhyo yudhiṣṭhira | śrutvā pāpaharaṃ tīrthaṃ revāsāgarasaṅgame

Translation

ഹേ യുധിഷ്ഠിരാ! അവൾ ബ്രാഹ്മണന്മാരോട് തീർത്ഥങ്ങളെക്കുറിച്ച് ചോദിച്ചപ്പോൾ, രേവാ (നർമ്മദ)യും സമുദ്രവും സംഗമിക്കുന്നിടത്തെ പാപഹര തീർത്ഥത്തിന്റെ മഹിമ കേട്ടു।

Word by Word

• संपृच्छ्यमाना: inquiring
• संपृच्छ्यमाना: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + प्रच्छ् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शानच्/मान) आत्मनेपदी; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘पूछती हुई/being asked’ (contextually: asking)

• तीर्थानि: holy places
• तीर्थानि: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: from the Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative) बहुवचन (also dative possible by form); here: ‘from’

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yudhiṣṭhira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund) = having heard

• पापहरम्: sin-removing
• पापहरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप + हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण ‘sin-removing’

• तीर्थम्: a sacred ford/place
• तीर्थम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• रेवासागरसङ्गमे: at the Revā–ocean confluence
• रेवासागरसङ्गमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेवा + सागर + सङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘at the confluence of Revā and the ocean’

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (addressing Yudhiṣṭhira)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā–Sāgara Saṅgama

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A seeker respectfully questioning seated Brāhmaṇas; behind them a symbolic map-like vista: the Revā flowing into the vast ocean, with birds and a luminous meeting of waters.

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Brāhmaṇas
• Revā (Narmadā)
• Sāgara (Ocean)
• Revā–Sāgara Saṅgama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Seek guidance from the wise and turn toward sacred confluences—tīrtha-knowledge leads to purification and renewed dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Revā–Sāgara Saṅgama, the confluence of the Narmadā (Revā) with the ocean, praised as pāpa-hara (sin-destroying).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The practical prescription is tīrtha-seeking: inquire from Brāhmaṇas and go to the pāpa-hara saṅgama; bathing and worship are implied though not explicitly stated here.