Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

हरंति सर्वतीर्थानि प्रयागस्य बलेन हि । तानि सर्वाणि तीर्थानि माघे मकरगे रवौ

Transliteration

haraṃti sarvatīrthāni prayāgasya balena hi | tāni sarvāṇi tīrthāni māghe makarage ravau

Translation

Wahrlich, durch die Kraft Prayāgas ziehen alle Tīrthas ihre reinigende Wirkkraft dorthin. Im Monat Māgha, wenn die Sonne in Makara eintritt, strömen all diese Tīrthas gleichsam dort zusammen.

Word by Word

• हरन्ति: they remove/carry away
• हरन्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural)

• सर्वतीर्थानि: all sacred fords (tirthas)
• सर्वतीर्थानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन (plural)

• प्रयागस्य: of Prayaga
• प्रयागस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रयाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी (6th case/genitive), एकवचन (singular)

• बलेन: by the power
• बलेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), तृतीया (3rd case/instrumental), एकवचन (singular)

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय

• तानि: those
• तानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), बहुवचन (plural)

• सर्वाणि: all
• सर्वाणि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), बहुवचन (plural)

• तीर्थानि: tirthas
• तीर्थानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), बहुवचन (plural)

• माघे: in (the month of) Magha
• माघे: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी (7th case/locative), एकवचन (singular)

• मकरगे: when (the sun is) in Capricorn
• मकरगे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मकर + ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी (7th case/locative), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण of रवौ

• रवौ: when the Sun (is)
• रवौ: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी (7th case/locative), एकवचन (singular)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa typically Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prayāga (Triveṇī-saṅgama)

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the Triveṇī-saṅgama in Māgha: countless pilgrims bathe as luminous streams of ‘tīrtha-śakti’ symbolically flow in from all directions; the Sun in Makara shines above, and the confluence glows like a mandala.

Characters & Entities

• Prayāga
• Māgha
• Makara
• Ravi (Sun)
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Prayāga is proclaimed as uniquely powerful: at an auspicious time it embodies the merit of all tīrthas, encouraging pilgrimage and sacred bathing with faith.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prayāga (the great confluence-tīrtha), presented as the gathering-place of all tīrthas during Māgha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse points to Māgha observance—especially the period when the Sun is in Makara—implying the high merit of snāna (sacred bathing) at Prayāga then.