Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

अयं तु सङ्गमः पुण्यो यथा वेण्यां सितासितः । दृष्ट्वा तीर्थं तु ते सर्वे गीर्वाणा हृष्टचेतसः

Transliteration

ayaṃ tu saṅgamaḥ puṇyo yathā veṇyāṃ sitāsitaḥ | dṛṣṭvā tīrthaṃ tu te sarve gīrvāṇā hṛṣṭacetasaḥ

Translation

สังฆมนี้ศักดิ์สิทธิ์—ดุจปอยผมขาวและดำที่ประสานกันในมวยผมถัก เมื่อได้เห็นตถาคตแห่งทีรถะนั้น เหล่าเทวดา (คีรวาณะ) ทั้งปวงก็ปลื้มปีติในดวงใจ

Word by Word

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचनम्; निर्देश-सर्वनाम

• तु: indeed, but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; विरोध/विशेषार्थक-निपातः (particle: but/indeed)

• सङ्गमः: confluence, meeting-place
• सङ्गमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचनम्

• पुण्यः: holy, meritorious
• पुण्यः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (सङ्गमः)

• यथा: as, like
• यथा: Sambandha (Comparison marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमानवाचक-अव्ययम् (comparative indeclinable: as/like)

• वेण्याम्: in the braid/stream (veṇī)
• वेण्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे सप्तमी (7th/Locative) एकवचनम्

• सितासितः: white-and-black (mingled)
• सितासितः: Upamana (Standard of comparison)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सित + असित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचनम्; समासः—सित + असित (द्वन्द्वः: 'white-and-black')

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययम् (gerund/absolutive); 'having seen'

• तीर्थम्: the sacred ford/pilgrimage place
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative) एकवचनम्

• तु: then/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; निपातः

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) बहुवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (ते)

• गीर्वाणाः: gods (lit. speakers of divine speech)
• गीर्वाणाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गीर्वाण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) बहुवचनम्

• हृष्टचेतसः: with delighted minds
• हृष्टचेतसः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृष्ट + चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) बहुवचनम्; समासः—हृष्टं चेतः येषां ते (बहुव्रीहिः)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced for Āvantya Khaṇḍa narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Puṇya-saṅgama (Revā-khaṇḍa)

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous confluence where two differently colored currents meet, likened to white and dark strands in a braid; devas hover or stand on the bank, smiling with uplifted hearts.

Characters & Entities

• Saṅgama
• Gīrvāṇa (Devas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A river confluence is exalted as a concentrated seat of sanctity; even the devas rejoice upon its darśana.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A saṅgama-tīrtha (confluence) in the Revā Khaṇḍa setting, likely tied to the named rivers of the preceding verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (beholding the tīrtha) is explicitly praised; bathing is implied by the surrounding context but not stated in this verse.