Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

भीमेश्वरं च चन्द्रेशमश्ववत्याश्च सङ्गमः । बह्वीश्वरं नारदेशं वैद्यनाथं कपीश्वरम्

Transliteration

bhīmeśvaraṃ ca candreśamaśvavatyāśca saṅgamaḥ | bahvīśvaraṃ nāradeśaṃ vaidyanāthaṃ kapīśvaram

Translation

ഭീമേശ്വരനും ചന്ദ്രേശ്വരനും, അശ്വവതീ നദിയുടെ സംഗമവും; കൂടാതെ ബഹ്വീശ്വരം, നാരദേശം, വൈദ്യനാഥൻ, കപീശ്വരം (എന്നിവയും).

Word by Word

• भीमेश्वरम्: Bhīmeśvara (name of a shrine/Śiva)
• भीमेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; नाम (proper noun/place-name)

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

• चन्द्रेशम्: Candreśa (name of a shrine/deity)
• चन्द्रेशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्र-ईश (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नाम

• अश्ववत्याः: of Aśvavatī (river/place)
• अश्ववत्याः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्ववती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

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

• सङ्गमः: confluence
• सङ्गमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता/उद्देश्य-निर्देश), एकवचन

• बह्वीश्वरम्: Bahvīśvara (name of a shrine)
• बह्वीश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बह्वीश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नाम

• नारदेशम्: Nāradeśa (name of a place/shrine)
• नारदेशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारदेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नाम

• वैद्यनाथम्: Vaidyanātha (name of Śiva/shrine)
• वैद्यनाथम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैद्य-नाथ (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नाम

• कपीश्वरम्: Kapīśvara (name of a shrine)
• कपीश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपि-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नाम

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aśvavatī-saṅgama (with Bhīmeśvara/Candreśa/Bahvīśvara/Nāradeśa/Vaidyanātha/Kapīśvara cluster)

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A riverine pilgrimage map rendered as a procession: yātrins walking the Narmadā bank, stopping at successive liṅgas—Bhīmeśvara, Candreśa, Bahvīśvara, Nāradeśa, Vaidyanātha, Kapīśvara—culminating at the Aśvavatī confluence where two streams meet under a sacred aśvattha tree.

Characters & Entities

• Bhīmeśvara
• Candreśa
• Aśvavatī
• Bahvīśvara
• Nāradeśa
• Vaidyanātha
• Kapīśvara
• Nārada

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s many manifestations sanctify the landscape; rivers and their confluences become supports for devotion and purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bhīmeśvara, Candreśa, the Aśvavatī confluence, Bahvīśvara, Nāradeśa, Vaidyanātha, and Kapīśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; saṅgama references traditionally indicate snāna and offerings, followed by liṅga-darśana.