Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

संगमे तत्र निष्णातः संगमेशं समर्च्य च । नरो न जातु जननी गर्भसंगमवाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

saṃgame tatra niṣṇātaḥ saṃgameśaṃ samarcya ca | naro na jātu jananī garbhasaṃgamavāpnuyāt

Translation

ആ സംഗമത്തിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് സംഗമേശനെ വിധിപൂർവ്വം ആരാധിച്ചാൽ, മനുഷ്യൻ പിന്നെ ഒരിക്കലും മാതൃഗർഭസംഗമം പ്രാപിക്കുകയില്ല—അഥവാ പുനർജന്മമില്ല।

Word by Word

• saṃgame: at the confluence
• saṃgame: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Adverbial location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• niṣṇātaḥ: having bathed
• niṣṇātaḥ: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni + snā (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अर्थः—स्नातः (bathed)

• saṃgameśam: Saṅgameśa (Lord of the confluence)
• saṃgameśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃgama + īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (संगमस्य ईशः)

• samarcya: having worshipped
• samarcya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + arc (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय; ‘समर्च्य’ = having worshipped

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• jātu: ever
• jātu: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: jātu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (ever/at any time)

• jananī: mother
• jananī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jananī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• garbhasaṃgamam: conception/union in the womb
• garbhasaṃgamam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: garbha + saṃgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (गर्भस्य संगमः = union in the womb)

• avāpnuyāt: would obtain/undergo
• avāpnuyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āp (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; उपसर्गः—अव

Speaker

Skanda (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Saṅgama (Gaṅgā–Varuṇā) and Saṅgameśa

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (kṣoṇisura)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dawn, a pilgrim steps into the meeting waters of Gaṅgā and Varuṇā; after bathing, he offers flowers and bilva to the Saṅgameśa liṅga on the bank, with a radiant aura suggesting freedom from rebirth.

Characters & Entities

• Saṅgameśa
• Gaṅgā-Varuṇā Saṅgama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right worship at a sanctified confluence, joined with tīrtha-snān, is portrayed as a direct aid to mokṣa and freedom from rebirth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Saṅgameśa at the Gaṅgā–Varuṇā confluence in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform snāna at the saṅgama and worship (pūjā/arcana) of Saṅgameśa.