Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

ते धन्यास्ते महात्मानस्तेषां जन्म सुजीवितम् । कावेरीसङ्गमे स्नात्वा यैर्दत्तं हि तिलोदकम्

Transliteration

te dhanyāste mahātmānasteṣāṃ janma sujīvitam | kāverīsaṅgame snātvā yairdattaṃ hi tilodakam

Translation

അവർ ധന്യർ, അവർ മഹാത്മാക്കൾ; അവരുടെ ജന്മം സത്യത്തിൽ സഫലമാണ്—കാവേരി സംഗമത്തിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് തിലോദകം ദാനം/തർപ്പണം ചെയ്യുന്നവർ.

Word by Word

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• धन्याः: blessed
• धन्याः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (पुनरुक्ति emphatic)

• महात्मानः: great-souled ones
• महात्मानः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• जन्म: birth
• जन्म: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• सुजीवितम्: well-lived (life)
• सुजीवितम्: Karta (Predicate nominative/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु + जीवित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (सु जीवितम्)

• कावेरीसङ्गमे: at the Kāverī confluence
• कावेरीसङ्गमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कावेरी + सङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (कावेऱ्याः सङ्गमः)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया; धातु: स्ना (स्नान)

• यैः: by whom
• यैः: Karta (Agent of 'given'/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक सर्वनाम

• दत्तम्: given/offered
• दत्तम्: Kriya (Participial predicate/कृदन्त-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग-सूचक

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/emphatic particle)

• तिलोदकम्: sesame-water (libation)
• तिलोदकम्: Karma (Object of 'given'/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिल + उदक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (तिलयुक्तम् उदकम्)

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāverī-saṅgama

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims emerge from the confluence, wet garments clinging; one stands facing the water offering cupped tilodaka (sesame-speckled water) with focused śraddhā; nearby a small altar with kusa grass; sages bless.

Characters & Entities

• Kāverī-saṅgama
• Tilodaka
• Snāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A life is deemed fulfilled when tīrtha-bathing is joined with giving—especially offerings connected with ancestral and dharmic rites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāverī-saṅgama.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna at the confluence followed by offering tilodaka (sesame-water), commonly associated with pitṛ-related merit and sacred gifting.