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

اے برہمن! سرَیو ندی اور گھرگھرا کے پانیوں کے سنگم پر دَس کروڑ ہزاروں اور دَس کروڑ سینکڑوں کے برابر تیرتھ سدا آباد رہتے ہیں—یہ میں نے اسکندا دیو سے جانا ہے۔

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.