Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

एवं तावत्प्रमाणानि तीर्थे कुम्भेश्वरे द्विजाः । साग्रं लक्षं च तीर्थानां स्थितं रेवोरसङ्गमे

Transliteration

evaṃ tāvatpramāṇāni tīrthe kumbheśvare dvijāḥ | sāgraṃ lakṣaṃ ca tīrthānāṃ sthitaṃ revorasaṅgame

Translation

اے دِویجو! کُمبھیشور کے تیرتھ میں اب تک یہی شمار ہے۔ اور ریوورا کے سنگم پر ایک لاکھ سے زیادہ تیرتھ ساکن ہیں۔

Word by Word

• evaṃ: thus
• evaṃ: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evaṃ (अव्यय)
• Form: रीति/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

• tāvat: so much/so far
• tāvat: Sambandha (Extent/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/अवधि-वाचक-अव्यय (so much/so far)

• pramāṇāni: measures/counts
• pramāṇāni: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pramāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• tīrthe: at the tīrtha/place
• tīrthe: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• kumbheśvare: at Kumbheśvara
• kumbheśvare: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kumbheśvara (प्रातिपदिक; kumbha + īśvara)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (kumbhasya īśvaraḥ)

• dvijāḥ: O brāhmaṇas
• dvijāḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बोधनार्थेऽपि

• sāgram: with an excess
• sāgram: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sāgra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (lakṣam)

• lakṣam: a lakh
• lakṣam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• tīrthānām: of tīrthas
• tīrthānām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• sthitam: is situated/exists
• sthitam: Kriya (Predicative/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthā (धातु) → sthita (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; lakṣam इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• revora-saṅgame: at the confluence called Revora
• revora-saṅgame: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: revora-saṅgama (प्रातिपदिक; revā + ura + saṅgama)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (revāyāḥ urasaṅgamaḥ / revā-urasya saṅgamaḥ)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (as referenced in this adhyāya’s narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kumbheśvara; Revora-saṅgama

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijāḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A confluence scene labeled ‘Revora-saṅgama’ with vast crowds of pilgrims bathing, while Kumbheśvara shrine stands nearby with a prominent liṅga; the landscape is dotted with countless small tīrtha markers fading into the distance to suggest 100,000+ presences.

Characters & Entities

• Kumbheśvara
• Revora-saṅgama
• dvija
• tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage space is mapped as measurable sacred power; certain confluences are celebrated as surpassing even vast counts of tīrthas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kumbheśvara-tīrtha and Revora-saṅgama, the latter praised as exceeding a lakh tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is specified; the verse serves as māhātmya-style praise encouraging visitation and worship.