Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

ब्राह्मी चैव हिरण्या च संगमश्च महोदधेः । एतत्त्रिसंगमं देवि कोटितीर्थ फलप्रदम्

Transliteration

brāhmī caiva hiraṇyā ca saṃgamaśca mahodadheḥ | etattrisaṃgamaṃ devi koṭitīrtha phalapradam

Translation

Ang Brāhmī at Hiraṇyā, at ang kanilang pagtagpo sa dakilang karagatan—ang tatluhang pagsasanib na ito, O Diyosa, ay nagkakaloob ng bunga na katumbas ng mga tīrtha na di-mabilang na koro.

Word by Word

• brāhmī: Brāhmī (name of a river/stream)
• brāhmī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordinator/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Nipāta (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• hiraṇyā: Hiraṇyā (name of a river/stream)
• hiraṇyā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hiraṇyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordinator/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• saṃgamaḥ: confluence
• saṃgamaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordinator/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• mahā-udadheḥ: of the great ocean
• mahā-udadheḥ: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + udadhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारय (महान् उदधिः)

• etat: this
• etat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम used adjectivally

• tri-saṃgamam: the triple confluence
• tri-saṃgamam: Karma/Predicate nominal (Object or complement/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + saṃgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (त्रयाणां संगमः)

• devi: O goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• koṭi-tīrtha: of crores of tīrthas
• koṭi-tīrtha: Upapada/Qualifier (Determinant/उपपद-विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: koṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (कोटीनां तीर्थम्) used as first member in next compound; अव्यक्त-विभक्ति (stem form)

• phala-pradam: bestowing the fruit
• phala-pradam: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक) + pra-dā (धातु; प्र+दा) → prada (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-भाव)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (फलम् प्रददाति)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, Prabhāsa Māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tri-saṅgama of Brāhmī–Hiraṇyā–Mahodadhi (Prabhāsa)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two rivers—Brāhmī and Hiraṇyā—flow into the vast ocean, forming a luminous triple confluence; pilgrims bathe at the meeting waters while priests perform offerings on the shore; the waters shimmer with a golden-silver interplay.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmī (river)
• Hiraṇyā (river)
• Mahodadhi (ocean)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Confluences are exalted as concentrated sacred power, yielding immense pilgrimage merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tri-saṅgama where Brāhmī and Hiraṇyā meet and join the great ocean in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

While not explicit, such saṅgamas typically imply snāna (ritual bathing) and tīrtha-sevā to obtain koṭitīrtha-like merit.