Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

सङ्गमः सहितान्येवं रेवातीरद्वयेऽपि च । चतुःशतानि तीर्थानि प्रसिद्धानि द्विजोत्तमाः

Transliteration

saṅgamaḥ sahitānyevaṃ revātīradvaye'pi ca | catuḥśatāni tīrthāni prasiddhāni dvijottamāḥ

Translation

如是，连同诸合流处在内，瑞瓦河两岸共有四百处著名的 tīrtha 圣地；噢，最胜的二次生者啊。

Word by Word

• saṅgamaḥ: confluence(s)
• saṅgamaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṅgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समष्ट्यर्थे (collective)

• sahitāni: included/together
• sahitāni: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sahita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; ‘तीर्थानि’ विशेषयति (included/together)

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (manner adverb)

• revā: Revā
• revā: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: revā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, समासाङ्ग

• tīra: bank
• tīra: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, समासाङ्ग

• dvaye: on the two (banks)
• dvaye: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; revā+tīra+dvaye इति तत्पुरुषः (on both banks of Revā)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle), समुच्चय/अपि-भावे (also/even)

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

• catuḥśatāni: four hundred
• catuḥśatāni: Viśeṣaṇa (Numeral qualifier/संख्या-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: catuḥśata (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; द्विगु-समास (four hundreds = 400)

• tīrthāni: pilgrimage places
• tīrthāni: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• prasiddhāni: well-known
• prasiddhāni: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prasiddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; ‘तीर्थानि’ विशेषयति

• dvija: twice-born (Brahmins)
• dvija: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, समासाङ्ग

• uttamāḥ: O best of the twice-born
• uttamāḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), बहुवचन; dvija+uttamāḥ इति तत्पुरुषः (best among the twice-born)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced: Āvantya Khaṇḍa narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīra-catuḥśata-tīrtha-samūha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijottamāḥ / Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand riverbank procession scene with many small shrines, ghats, and confluence points on both sides of the Revā; the number ‘400’ is symbolized by countless flower-icons or lamps stretching into the distance.

Characters & Entities

• Revā (Narmadā)
• Tīrtha
• Saṅgama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is supported by tīrtha-yātrā: the Purāṇa presents the Revā’s banks as a dense sacred field where devotion and purification are readily accessible.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not one single site; the verse glorifies the entire Revā riverbank region as containing four hundred famous tīrthas, inclusive of saṅgamas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the verse functions as a māhātmya-style enumeration encouraging pilgrimage, darśana, and bathing at the Revā tīrthas.