Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

एरण्डीसङ्गमे तद्वत्कपिलायाश्च संगमे । केचित्त्रिगुणितं प्राहुः कुब्जारेवोत्थसङ्गमे

Transliteration

eraṇḍīsaṅgame tadvatkapilāyāśca saṃgame | kecittriguṇitaṃ prāhuḥ kubjārevotthasaṅgame

Translation

എരണ്ടീ-സംഗമത്തിലും കപിലാ-സംഗമത്തിലും അതുപോലെ തന്നെ. കുബ്ജാ റേവോത്ഥ പ്രവാഹവുമായി ചേരുന്ന സംഗമത്തിൽ ഫലം ത്രിഗുണമെന്ന് ചിലർ പറയുന്നു.

Word by Word

• एरण्डीसङ्गमे: at the confluence of Eraṇḍī
• एरण्डीसङ्गमे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एरण्डी-सङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—एरण्डी + सङ्गम (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• तद्वत्: similarly
• तद्वत्: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद्वत् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक-निपात)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: ‘in the same way’)

• कपिलायाः: of Kapilā (river)
• कपिलायाः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपिला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

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

• केचित्: some (people)
• केचित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केचित् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• त्रिगुणितम्: tripled
• त्रिगुणितम्: Karma/Predicative (Complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि-गुणित (कृदन्त; √गुण्/गुणय् caus. ‘to multiply’)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘multiplied’; समासः—त्रि + गुणित (तत्पुरुष)

• प्राहुः: they have said
• प्राहुः: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√अह् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• कुब्जारेवोत्थसङ्गमे: at the confluence of Kubjā and Revotthā
• कुब्जारेवोत्थसङ्गमे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुब्जा-रेवोत्थ-सङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—(कुब्जा + रेवोत्थ) + सङ्गम (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष); रेवोत्थ = रेव + उत्थ (तत्पुरुष, ‘arising from Reva’)

Speaker

Unspecified (Revā Khaṇḍa narrative voice, addressing Yudhiṣṭhira)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Eraṇḍī-saṅgama; Kapilā-saṅgama; Kubjā–Revā-udbhava-saṅgama

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Three confluences shown as vignettes: Eraṇḍī and Kapilā joining Revā under flowering trees; a third scene where a bent (kubjā) stream meets a Revā-born channel, with sages debating the ‘triple fruit’ claim.

Characters & Entities

• Eraṇḍī (river)
• Kapilā (river)
• Kubjā (river)
• Revā (Narmadā)
• Yudhiṣṭhira

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography is layered: different saṅgamas are assigned different intensities of purificatory merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Eraṇḍī-saṅgama, Kapilā-saṅgama, and the Kubjā confluence connected with Revā waters.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Some traditions state a threefold increase (triguṇa) of the pilgrimage’s fruit at the Kubjā-related confluence.