Shloka 125 - Adhyaya 13 - Kaumarika Khanda - Mahesvara Khanda | Tamil | Vedapath

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Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 125

Devanagari script

ताम्रा रस्याः पयोवाहाः पितृप्रीतिप्रदाः शभाः । सस्यमाला महासिन्धुर्दातुर्दात्री पृथुस्तुता । इन्द्रद्युम्नस्य कन्या च क्षितिजन्मा रावती

Transliteration

tāmrā rasyāḥ payovāhāḥ pitṛprītipradāḥ śabhāḥ | sasyamālā mahāsindhurdāturdātrī pṛthustutā | indradyumnasya kanyā ca kṣitijanmā rāvatī

Translation

தாம்ரா, ரஸ்யா, பயோவாஹா, பித்ருப்ரீதிப்ரதா, ஷபா; ஸஸ்யமாலா, மஹாசிந்துஹ், தாத்ரு, தாத்ரீ, ப்ருதுஸ்துதா; இந்திரத்யும்னனின் கன்னி, க்ஷிதிஜன்மா, ராவதீ—இவை புனித நாமங்கள்; நினைவு கொள்ளத்தக்கவை.

Word by Word

ताम्राTām्रā (name)

रस्याःRasyās (name)

पयोवाहाःcarriers of water/milk (water-bearing)

पितृप्रीतिप्रदाःgranting satisfaction to the ancestors

शभाःŚabhās (name)

सस्यमालाSasyamālā (garland of crops; name)

महासिन्धुःMahāsindhu (great river/ocean; name)

दातुःof the giver

दात्रीDātrī (the giver; name)

पृथुस्तुताPṛthustutā (praised by Pṛthu; name)

इन्द्रद्युम्नस्यof Indradyumna

कन्याdaughter

चand

क्षितिजन्माKṣitijanmā (earth-born; name)

रावतीRāvatī (name)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahī (invoked through nāma-mālā)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrims/householders

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-like figure (Pṛthu’s voice implied) enumerates river-names as a garland; each name appears as a small river-goddess vignette—Tāmrā, Rasyā, Payovāhā, Pitṛprītipradā, etc.—flowing into a single Mahī form.

Characters & Entities

Pṛthu

Indradyumna

Pitṛs

Mahāsindhu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembering and reciting the tīrtha’s sacred names is itself a dharmic act, linked with ancestral satisfaction and prosperity.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The Mahī tīrtha tradition (Mahī river and its confluence region), presented through a garland of sacred epithets.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Use these names as a nāma-mālā (name-list) for recitation in ritual contexts (expanded explicitly in the next verses).