Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 122

Devanagari script

तथा समधिकः पुण्यो महीसागरसंगमः

Transliteration

tathā samadhikaḥ puṇyo mahīsāgarasaṃgamaḥ

Translation

Ebenso ist der Zusammenfluss der Mahī mit dem Ozean für heilige Riten noch verdienstvoller.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, likewise
• तथा: Vakyopapadana (Sentence qualifier/वाक्यविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/अन्वयार्थक (thus/in the same way)

• समधिकः: even more excellent/superior
• समधिकः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समधिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (संगमः)

• पुण्यः: holy, meritorious
• पुण्यः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (संगमः)

• महीसागर-संगमः: the confluence/meeting with the ocean (Mahī–ocean confluence)
• महीसागर-संगमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही (प्रातिपदिक) + सागर (प्रातिपदिक) + संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (महीसागरस्य संगमः)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahī–Sāgara-saṅgama

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A wide panoramic view of the confluence—river and ocean interlacing like two sacred currents—while pilgrims bathe, offer water to the Sun, and perform quiet ancestor rites, underscoring the place’s ‘samadhika puṇya’.

Characters & Entities

• Mahī (river)
• Sāgara (ocean)
• Mahī–Sāgara-saṅgama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Certain sacred geographies magnify merit; a saṅgama is presented as exceptionally potent.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Mahī–Sāgara-saṅgama, the confluence of the Mahī river with the ocean.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The context supports snāna and Pitṛ rites (tarpaṇa/śrāddha) at the saṅgama.