Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

तत्र चान्ये सुराः सिद्धा यक्षगन्धर्वकिंनराः । गणाश्चाप्सरसां तत्र ऋषयश्च तथानघ

Transliteration

tatra cānye surāḥ siddhā yakṣagandharvakiṃnarāḥ | gaṇāścāpsarasāṃ tatra ṛṣayaśca tathānagha

Translation

ณ ที่นั้นยังมีเหล่าเทวะและสิทธะอื่น ๆ พร้อมทั้งยักษ์ คันธรรพ์ และกิณนร อีกทั้งหมู่อัปสราก็อยู่ ณ ที่นั้น และเหล่าฤๅษีด้วย โอ้ผู้ปราศจากมลทินบาป

Word by Word

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

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक conjunction)

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• सुराः: gods
• सुराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• सिद्धाः: Siddhas (perfected beings)
• सिद्धाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; जातिवाचक (class noun)

• यक्षगन्धर्वकिंनराः: Yakṣas, Gandharvas, and Kiṃnaras
• यक्षगन्धर्वकिंनराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष + गन्धर्व + किंनर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (copulative)

• गणाः: groups/hosts
• गणाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक conjunction)

• अप्सरसाम्: of the Apsarases
• अप्सरसाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्सरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

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

• ऋषयः: sages
• ऋषयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक conjunction)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकार/तुल्यतावाचक adverb: 'thus/likewise')

• अनघ: O sinless one
• अनघ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; संबोधन (vocative address)

Speaker

Narrator (addressing the listener as anagha)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāverī-saṅgama

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (addressed as anagha)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous river-confluence tīrtha where layered celestial beings hover and gather: devas with crowns, siddhas in yogic flight, gandharvas with vīṇās, apsarases dancing, yakṣas as guardians, and sages seated in meditation on the bank.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Siddhas
• Yakṣas
• Gandharvas
• Kiṃnaras
• Apsarases
• Ṛṣis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A true tīrtha is portrayed as a meeting-ground of worlds—where subtle beings and sages are naturally present due to the site’s sanctity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kāverī-saṅgama tīrtha featured in this adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed here; the verse establishes the tīrtha’s extraordinary sanctity through its celestial assembly.