Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

मणिनागेश्वरं नाम मणिनद्याश्च सङ्गमः । तिलकेश्वरतीर्थं च गौतमेशमतः परम्

Transliteration

maṇināgeśvaraṃ nāma maṇinadyāśca saṅgamaḥ | tilakeśvaratīrthaṃ ca gautameśamataḥ param

Translation

‘మణినాగేశ్వర’ అనే నామమున్న (క్షేత్రం) ఉంది, మణి నదీ సంగమమూ ఉంది; అలాగే తిలకేశ్వర-తీర్థం, ఆపై గౌతమేశుడు (ఉన్నారు)।

Word by Word

• मणिनागेश्वरम्: Maṇināgeśvara (name)
• मणिनागेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मणिनाग-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'मणिनागस्य ईश्वरः' षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• नाम: by name
• नाम: Sambandha (Apposition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (quotative: 'by name')

• मणिनद्याः: of the Maṇi river
• मणिनद्याः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मणिनदी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

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

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

• तिलकेश्वरतीर्थम्: Tilakeśvara-tīrtha (name)
• तिलकेश्वरतीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिलक-ईश्वर-तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'तिलकेश्वरस्य तीर्थम्' षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

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

• गौतमेशम्: Gautameśa (name)
• गौतमेशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौतम-ईश (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'गौतमस्य ईशः' षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• अतः: thereafter
• अतः: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb; 'thereafter/from there')

• परम्: further, next
• परम्: Sambandha (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् 'further/next'

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Maṇināgeśvara and Maṇi-nadī-saṅgama; Tilakeśvara-tīrtha; Gautameśa

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dramatic confluence: the Maṇi river joins the larger stream; a liṅga under a serpent-hood canopy (Maṇināgeśvara); Tilakeśvara shrine with a forehead-tilaka motif on the liṅga; Gautameśa with sage Gautama depicted in penance nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Maṇināgeśvara
• Maṇi-nadī
• Tilakeśvara-tīrtha
• Gautameśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Confluences and liṅga-shrines are treated as concentrated fields of purity, guiding pilgrims to seek sanctity through sacred waters and Śiva-worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Maṇināgeśvara, the Maṇi River confluence, Tilakeśvara-tīrtha, and Gautameśa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; the saṅgama reference implies snāna and offerings customary at river confluences.