Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

तत्रैव नातिदूरे तु भद्रायाः संगमः स्मृतः । पश्चिमात्संगमात्पूर्वः संगमः समुदाहृतः

Transliteration

tatraiva nātidūre tu bhadrāyāḥ saṃgamaḥ smṛtaḥ | paścimātsaṃgamātpūrvaḥ saṃgamaḥ samudāhṛtaḥ

Translation

Там же, неподалёку, помнят о слиянии (сангаме) реки Бхадры. Оно провозглашается «восточной сангамой», находящейся к востоку от «западной сангамы».

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक-अव्यय/adverb of place)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चयार्थक/particle of emphasis)

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

• अतिदूरे: at (a) very far (distance)
• अतिदूरे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतिदूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (7th/Locative), एकवचनम्; अव्ययीभावार्थे ‘अतिदूर’ इति विशेषणम् (in the sense of ‘too far’)

• तु: but, indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विरोध/अन्वयार्थक-conjunctive particle)

• भद्रायाः: of (the river) Bhadrā
• भद्रायाः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (6th/Genitive), एकवचनम्

• संगमः: confluence
• संगमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्

• स्मृतः: is said/remembered
• स्मृतः: Karta (Predicate adjective to subject/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-एकवचनम्; ‘स्मृत’ = ‘उक्त/प्रसिद्ध’

• पश्चिमात्: from the western
• पश्चिमात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पश्चिम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः (5th/Ablative), एकवचनम्; दिशावाचक-विशेषणम्

• संगमात्: from the confluence
• संगमात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः (5th/Ablative), एकवचनम्

• पूर्वः: eastern, earlier
• पूर्वः: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्; दिशावाचक-विशेषणम्

• संगमः: confluence
• संगमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्

• समुदाहृतः: is declared/mentioned
• समुदाहृतः: Karta (Predicate adjective to subject/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उद्-आ-हृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-एकवचनम्; ‘समुदाहृत’ = ‘सम्यक् उक्त/प्रख्यात’

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhadrā-saṅgama (Pūrvasaṅgama)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A small river (Bhadrā) meets a larger water body; two confluences are indicated on a pilgrim map—western and eastern—while pilgrims stand at the nearer ‘eastern confluence’ performing ācamana and offering water.

Characters & Entities

• Bhadrā (river)
• Saṅgama (confluence)
• Pūrva-saṅgama
• Paścima-saṅgama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is also a disciplined sacred geography—knowing and honoring tīrtha-locations is part of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Bhadrā-saṅgama within Prabhāsa Kṣetra, identified as the ‘eastern confluence.’

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the verse primarily locates and distinguishes the tīrtha for pilgrims.