Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

तत्फलं समवाप्नोति रेवासागरसङ्गमे । सुवर्णं रजतं ताम्रं मणिमौक्तिकभूषणम्

Transliteration

tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti revāsāgarasaṅgame | suvarṇaṃ rajataṃ tāmraṃ maṇimauktikabhūṣaṇam

Translation

ผลบุญนั้นเองย่อมได้ ณ สถานที่บรรจบของแม่น้ำเรวากับมหาสมุทร (ที่นั่นมีการถวาย) ทองคำ เงิน ทองแดง และเครื่องประดับประดับอัญมณีกับมุกดา

Word by Word

• tat-phalam: that fruit/result
• tat-phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• samavāpnoti: attains
• samavāpnoti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ava-√āp (धातु; आप् प्राप्तौ)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• revā-sāgara-saṅgame: at the confluence of Revā and the ocean
• revā-sāgara-saṅgame: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: revā (प्रातिपदिक) + sāgara (प्रातिपदिक) + saṅgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• suvarṇam: gold
• suvarṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suvarṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• rajatam: silver
• rajatam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rajata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• tāmram: copper
• tāmram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāmra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• maṇi-mauktika-bhūṣaṇam: ornament of gems and pearls
• maṇi-mauktika-bhūṣaṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṇi (प्रातिपदिक) + mauktika (प्रातिपदिक) + bhūṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā–Sāgara-saṅgama

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the river-ocean confluence, donors present gold, silver, copper, and gem-pearl ornaments to priests/ascetics; the waters shimmer with sacred light.

Characters & Entities

• Revā (Narmadā)
• Sāgara (Ocean)
• Revā–Sāgara-saṅgama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A confluence (saṅgama) is a concentrated sacred geography where the fruits of many tīrthas are said to be accessible.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Revā–Sāgara-saṅgama: the confluence of the Narmadā (Revā) with the ocean.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna of precious metals and ornaments (gold, silver, copper, gem-and-pearl jewellery), in the tīrtha setting (implicitly alongside snāna).