Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

संपृच्छ्यमाना तीर्थानि ब्राह्मणेभ्यो युधिष्ठिर । श्रुत्वा पापहरं तीर्थं रेवासागरसङ्गमे

Transliteration

saṃpṛcchyamānā tīrthāni brāhmaṇebhyo yudhiṣṭhira | śrutvā pāpaharaṃ tīrthaṃ revāsāgarasaṅgame

Translation

اے یدھشٹھِر! وہ برہمنوں سے تیرتھوں کے بارے میں پوچھتی رہی، اور رِیوا (نرمدا) اور سمندر کے سنگم پر واقع گناہ ہرانے والے تیرتھ کی خبر سنی۔

Word by Word

• संपृच्छ्यमाना: inquiring
• संपृच्छ्यमाना: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + प्रच्छ् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शानच्/मान) आत्मनेपदी; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘पूछती हुई/being asked’ (contextually: asking)

• तीर्थानि: holy places
• तीर्थानि: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: from the Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative) बहुवचन (also dative possible by form); here: ‘from’

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yudhiṣṭhira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund) = having heard

• पापहरम्: sin-removing
• पापहरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप + हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण ‘sin-removing’

• तीर्थम्: a sacred ford/place
• तीर्थम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• रेवासागरसङ्गमे: at the Revā–ocean confluence
• रेवासागरसङ्गमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेवा + सागर + सङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘at the confluence of Revā and the ocean’

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (addressing Yudhiṣṭhira)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā–Sāgara Saṅgama

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A seeker respectfully questioning seated Brāhmaṇas; behind them a symbolic map-like vista: the Revā flowing into the vast ocean, with birds and a luminous meeting of waters.

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Brāhmaṇas
• Revā (Narmadā)
• Sāgara (Ocean)
• Revā–Sāgara Saṅgama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Seek guidance from the wise and turn toward sacred confluences—tīrtha-knowledge leads to purification and renewed dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Revā–Sāgara Saṅgama, the confluence of the Narmadā (Revā) with the ocean, praised as pāpa-hara (sin-destroying).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The practical prescription is tīrtha-seeking: inquire from Brāhmaṇas and go to the pāpa-hara saṅgama; bathing and worship are implied though not explicitly stated here.