Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

महीनाम समुत्पन्ना देशे मालवकाभिधे । दक्षिणं सागरं प्राप्ता पुण्योभयतटाशिवा

Transliteration

mahīnāma samutpannā deśe mālavakābhidhe | dakṣiṇaṃ sāgaraṃ prāptā puṇyobhayataṭāśivā

Translation

‘মহী’ নামৰ নদী মালৱকা নামে পৰিচিত দেশত উৎপন্ন হৈছিল; দক্ষিণ সাগৰত গৈ মিলি, দুয়ো তীৰে পুণ্য আৰু শিৱমঙ্গলময়ী।

Word by Word

• महीनाम: (the river) Mahīnāma
• महीनाम: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीनाम् (प्रातिपदिक: नदी-नाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• समुत्पन्ना: arisen, originated
• समुत्पन्ना: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+उत्+पद्/पत् (धातु) + न्न (क्त/क्तवतु-सम्भव; कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकाले क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (arisen/originated)

• देशे: in a region
• देशे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• मालवकाभिधे: called Mālavaka
• मालवकाभिधे: Visheshana (Qualifier of देशे/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मालवक (प्रातिपदिक) + अभिध (अभि+धा धातु, क्त/कृदन्त-आधारित प्रातिपदिक: 'named')
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: मालवक-आभिधः (named Mālavaka)

• दक्षिणम्: southern
• दक्षिणम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• सागरम्: ocean
• सागरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• प्राप्ता: reached
• प्राप्ता: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+आप् (धातु) + त (क्त-प्रत्यय; कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/कर्तरि कृदन्त, क्रियाविशेषणवत् मुख्यक्रिया (having reached)

• पुण्य: holy, meritorious
• पुण्य: Sambandha (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक; समासाङ्ग (compound member)

• उभय: both
• उभय: Sambandha (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उभय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासाङ्ग (both)

• तटा: banks
• तटा: Sambandha (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासाङ्ग; तट (bank)

• शिवा: having holy banks on both sides
• शिवा: Visheshana (Qualifier of महीनाम/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि: पुण्ये उभये तटे यस्याः सा (she whose both banks are holy)

Speaker

Saṃvarta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahī-nadī

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The goddess-river Mahī rises in Mālava as a youthful stream, becomes a broad, serene river blessing both banks with Śiva-auspiciousness, and finally merges into the ocean under a sacred sky.

Characters & Entities

• Mahī River
• Mālavaka (region)
• Southern Ocean (Dakṣiṇa Sāgara)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Rivers are praised as living sacred presences; holiness extends along their banks and culminates at the sea-confluence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mahī River’s course and especially her meeting with the southern ocean (a saṅgama tīrtha).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse functions as a geographical and sanctity statement.