Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

सङ्गमे तत्र यः स्नात्वा लोटणेश्वरमर्चयेत् । सोऽश्वमेधस्य यज्ञस्य फलं प्राप्नोति मानवः

Transliteration

saṅgame tatra yaḥ snātvā loṭaṇeśvaramarcayet | so'śvamedhasya yajñasya phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ

Translation

ผู้ใดอาบน้ำชำระที่สังฆมะนั้นแล้วบูชาโลฏเณศวร ผู้นั้นย่อมได้ผลบุญแห่งยัญอัศวเมธา

Word by Word

• सङ्गमे: at the confluence
• सङ्गमे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/स्थान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (पूर्वकर्म/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया (having done)

• लोटणेश्वरम्: Lord Loṭaṇeśvara
• लोटणेश्वरम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोटण-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (लोटणस्य ईश्वरः)

• अर्चयेत्: should worship
• अर्चयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपदम्

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• अश्वमेधस्य: of the Aśvamedha
• अश्वमेधस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वमेध (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अश्वस्य मेधः)

• यज्ञस्य: of the sacrifice
• यज्ञस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• फलम्: the fruit/result
• फलम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्राप्नोति: attains
• प्राप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present Indicative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपदम्

• मानवः: a man
• मानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Loṭaṇeśvara-saṅgama (Revā/Narmadā confluence tīrtha)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (nṛpa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at a river confluence perform snāna; a small riverside shrine with a Śiva-liṅga named Loṭaṇeśvara receives offerings; priests recite mantras as the waters swirl at the meeting point.

Characters & Entities

• Loṭaṇeśvara (Śiva)
• Revā–Sāgara-saṅgama
• Aśvamedha-yajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage worship can condense vast sacrificial merit when performed at a divinely charged tīrtha with devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Revā–Sāgara-saṅgama and the shrine of Loṭaṇeśvara (Śiva) located there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bath) at the confluence followed by arcana (worship) of Loṭaṇeśvara.