Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 130

Devanagari script

महीं च सागरं चैव रौप्यकंकण पूजया । पूजयामि भवेन्मा मे द्रव्यानाशो दरिद्रता

Transliteration

mahīṃ ca sāgaraṃ caiva raupyakaṃkaṇa pūjayā | pūjayāmi bhavenmā me dravyānāśo daridratā

Translation

Durch Verehrung mit einem silbernen Armreif verehre ich Mahī und auch den Ozean. Möge es für mich weder Verlust an Besitz noch Armut geben.

Word by Word

• महीम्: the earth
• महीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector (Samucchaya/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय अव्यय (conjunction)

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

• च: and
• च: Connector (Samucchaya/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Modifier (Avyaya/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• रौप्यकंकणपूजया: by the worship with a silver bangle
• रौप्यकंकणपूजया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रौप्य-कंकण-पूजा (प्रातिपदिक; रौप्य + कंकण + पूजा)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (रौप्यस्य कंकणस्य पूजा)

• पूजयामि: I worship
• पूजयामि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• भवेत्: may there be / may occur
• भवेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मा: not / may not
• मा: Negation (Nishedha/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (prohibitive particle)

• मे: of me / my
• मे: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th) एकवचन (enclitic genitive)

• द्रव्यानाशः: loss of property
• द्रव्यानाशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रव्य-नाश (प्रातिपदिक; द्रव्य + नाश)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास

• दरिद्रता: poverty
• दरिद्रता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दरिद्रता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahīsāgara-saṅgama

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee holds a silver bangle above the meeting waters, offering it with folded hands; the river appears as a gentle goddess and the ocean as a vast, dignified presence, both receiving the worship.

Characters & Entities

• Mahī
• Sāgara
• Raupyakaṃkaṇa (silver bangle)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma-guided worship and offering at a sacred confluence is linked with protection of livelihood and stability of resources.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Mahī–Sāgara (Mahī river and the ocean), especially their saṅgama worship context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform pūjā to Mahī and Sāgara using a silver bangle as the offering, accompanied by a prayer against loss and poverty.