Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 118

Devanagari script

महीसागरसंसर्गे पूजयीत यथाविधि । शनिमंत्रैः शनिं ध्यात्वा सूर्यमंत्रैर्दिवाकरम्

Transliteration

mahīsāgarasaṃsarge pūjayīta yathāvidhi | śanimaṃtraiḥ śaniṃ dhyātvā sūryamaṃtrairdivākaram

Translation

عند ملتقى نهر ماهي بالمحيط ينبغي أن تُقام العبادة على وفق السنن. فيُتأمَّل شَني بمانترات شَني، ويُتأمَّل دِفاكارا، إله الشمس، بمانترات سوريَة.

Word by Word

• महीसागर-संसर्गे: in the contact/meeting with the ocean (at the sea-shore/sea-confluence)
• महीसागर-संसर्गे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही (प्रातिपदिक) + सागर (प्रातिपदिक) + संसर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (महीसागरस्य संसर्गः)

• पूजयीत: should worship
• पूजयीत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• यथा-विदि: according to the prescribed rule
• यथा-विदि: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय (adverbial)

• शनि-मंत्रैः: with Saturn-mantras
• शनि-मंत्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शनि (प्रातिपदिक) + मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (शन्याः मन्त्राः)

• शनिम्: Saturn (Śani)
• शनिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• ध्यात्वा: having meditated (upon)
• ध्यात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ध्यै (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal)

• सूर्य-मंत्रैः: with Sun-mantras
• सूर्य-मंत्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सूर्यस्य मन्त्राः)

• दिवाकरम्: the Sun (Divākara)
• दिवाकरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवाकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced for Māheśvara-khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahī–Sāgara-saṅgama

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pāṇḍunandana (a son of Pāṇḍu)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a luminous shoreline where a broad river merges into the ocean, a pilgrim-priest performs regulated worship: Śani is contemplated with dark-blue austerity, while the Sun is invoked with radiant golden light; ritual vessels, flowers, and arghya-water glint in the dawn.

Characters & Entities

• Mahī–Sāgara Saṅgama
• Śani
• Divākara/Sūrya
• Mantra-japa
• Pūjā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Puranic dharma integrates place, time, and mantra: tīrtha worship becomes complete when done with proper meditation and recitation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mahī–Sāgara Saṅgama (the river–ocean meeting point).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform yathāvidhi pūjā at the confluence, meditating on Śani with Śani-mantras and on Sūrya with Sūrya-mantras.