Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

चरुकासङ्गमस्तद्व्यद्वतीपातेश्वरं तथा । पातालेश्वरतीर्थं च कोटियज्ञाह्वयं तथा

Transliteration

carukāsaṅgamastadvyadvatīpāteśvaraṃ tathā | pātāleśvaratīrthaṃ ca koṭiyajñāhvayaṃ tathā

Translation

ചരുകാ-സംഗമവും, അതുപോലെ വ്യദ്വതീ-പാതേശ്വരവും; കൂടാതെ പാതാലേശ്വര തീർത്ഥവും കോടിയജ്ഞമെന്ന സ്ഥലവും (വിവരിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു)।

Word by Word

• carukā-saṅgamaḥ: Carukā confluence
• carukā-saṅgamaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: carukā (प्रातिपदिक) + saṅgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (चरुकायाः सङ्गमः / चरुकासङ्गमः नाम)

• tadvat: likewise
• tadvat: Avyaya (Adverbial/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadvat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (likewise)

• advatī-pāta-īśvaram: Advatīpāteśvara (lord at Advatī-pāta)
• advatī-pāta-īśvaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: advatī (प्रातिपदिक; नदी/स्थाननाम) + pāta (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (अद्वतीपाते ईश्वरः)

• tathā: and also
• tathā: Avyaya (Adverbial/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/क्रमवाचक

• pātāla-īśvara-tīrtham: Pātāleśvara sacred place
• pātāla-īśvara-tīrtham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pātāla (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (पातालेश्वरस्य तीर्थम्)

• ca: and
• ca: Avyaya (Connector/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• koṭi-yajña-āhvayam: (the place) called Koṭiyajña
• koṭi-yajña-āhvayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: koṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + yajña (प्रातिपदिक) + āhvaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (कोटियज्ञ इति आह्वयः/नाम)

• tathā: and also
• tathā: Avyaya (Adverbial/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/क्रमवाचक

Speaker

Sūta (deduced) enumerating Revā tīrthas

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Carukā-saṅgama; Vyadvatī-Pāteśvara; Pātāleśvara; Koṭiyajña

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A confluence scene (Carukā-saṅgama) with two streams meeting; nearby stand shrines of Pāteśvara and a cave-like Pātāleśvara entrance; a ceremonial ground labeled Koṭiyajña shows faint fire-altars and ancient sacrificial posts remembered in the landscape.

Characters & Entities

• Carukā-saṅgama
• Vyadvatī-Pāteśvara
• Pātāleśvara Tīrtha
• Koṭiyajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Confluences (saṅgamas) and Śiva-kṣetras are highlighted as concentrated fields of merit within the Revā pilgrimage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Carukā-saṅgama, Vyadvatī-Pāteśvara, Pātāleśvara Tīrtha, and Koṭiyajña are named.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicit; the names imply yajña/saṅgama sanctity but no procedure is stated in this verse.