Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

दशकोटिसहस्राणि दशकोटिशतानि च । तीर्थानि सरयूनद्या घर्घरोदकसंगमे । निवसंति सदा विप्र स्कन्दादवगतं मया

Transliteration

daśakoṭisahasrāṇi daśakoṭiśatāni ca | tīrthāni sarayūnadyā ghargharodakasaṃgame | nivasaṃti sadā vipra skandādavagataṃ mayā

Translation

O brāhmaṇa, sa banal na tagpuan kung saan nagtatagpo ang Ilog Sarayū at ang mga tubig ng Gharghara, nananahan magpakailanman ang di-mabilang na mga tīrtha—sampung koṭi ng libo-libo at sampung koṭi ng daan-daang—gaya ng aking naunawaan mula kay Skanda.

Word by Word

• दश-कोटि-सहस्राणि: ten-crore thousands (i.e., countless thousands)
• दश-कोटि-सहस्राणि: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दश (संख्या) + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (nominative), बहुवचन (plural); द्विगु-समासः (संख्यापूर्वकः)

• दश-कोटि-शतानि: ten-crore hundreds
• दश-कोटि-शतानि: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दश (संख्या) + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (nominative), बहुवचन (plural); द्विगु-समासः

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• तीर्थानि: sacred fords/pilgrimage spots
• तीर्थानि: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (nominative), बहुवचन (plural)

• सरयू-नद्याः: of the river Sarayū
• सरयू-नद्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरयू (प्रातिपदिक) + नदी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), षष्ठी (genitive), एकवचन (singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सरय्वाः नदी)

• घर्घर-उदक-संगमे: at the confluence with the waters of Gharghara
• घर्घर-उदक-संगमे: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घर्घर (प्रातिपदिक) + उदक (प्रातिपदिक) + संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी (locative), एकवचन (singular); तत्पुरुषः (घर्घरस्य उदकस्य संगमः)

• निवसन्ति: reside, dwell
• निवसन्ति: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि√वस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural); परस्मैपदम्

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• विप्र: O Brahmin
• विप्र: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन (singular)

• स्कन्दात्: from Skanda
• स्कन्दात्: Apādāna (Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), पञ्चमी (ablative), एकवचन (singular)

• अवगतम्: known/understood
• अवगतम्: Karma (Object understood: this fact)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव√गम् (धातु) → अवगत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (nom/acc), एकवचन (singular); वाक्ये ‘(एतत्) अवगतम्’ इति

• मया: by me
• मया: Kartr̥ (Agent in passive sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (instrumental), एकवचन (singular); सर्वनाम

Speaker

Brahmā (deduced: Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sarayū–Gharghara Saṅgama

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Vyāsa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand confluence panorama: two mighty rivers merging; along the banks, innumerable subtle tīrtha-presences symbolized as luminous markers, shrines, sages, and bathing pilgrims—suggesting ‘countless’ sacred fords abiding there.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Sarayū
• Gharghara
• Saṅgama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sacred confluence is portrayed as an assembly-point of innumerable tīrthas, magnifying its purificatory power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Sarayū–Gharghara water-confluence (saṅgama) connected with Ayodhyā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is stated here; the verse establishes the saṅgama as an eternally potent tīrtha-field.