Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

एकत्र सर्वतीर्थानां यदि संयोगमिच्छथ । तद्गच्छथ महापुण्यं महीसागरसंगमम्

Transliteration

ekatra sarvatīrthānāṃ yadi saṃyogamicchatha | tadgacchatha mahāpuṇyaṃ mahīsāgarasaṃgamam

Translation

Wenn du die Vereinigung aller heiligen Tīrthas an einem einzigen Ort begehrst, so gehe zur höchst verdienstvollen Zusammenkunft, die Mahīsāgara genannt wird.

Word by Word

• एकत्र: in one place; together
• एकत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एकत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb: ‘in one place/together’)

• सर्वतीर्थानाम्: of all holy places
• सर्वतीर्थानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (condition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तवाचक अव्यय (conditional particle)

• संयोगम्: meeting; conjunction
• संयोगम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सं + युज् (धातु) → संयोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• इच्छथ: you (all) desire
• इच्छथ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन

• तत्: then/therefore
• तत्: Sambandha (discourse deictic/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (used adverbially: ‘then/therefore’), एकवचन

• गच्छथ: go (you all)
• गच्छथ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, मध्यम-पुरुष, बहुवचन

• महापुण्यम्: greatly holy
• महापुण्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (महीसागरसंगमम्)

• महीसागरसंगमम्: the confluence of the Mahī (river) with the ocean
• महीसागरसंगमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही + सागर + संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘confluence of Mahī and the ocean’

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahīsāgara-saṅgama

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A guide points pilgrims toward a shining confluence; banners read ‘Mahīsāgara-saṅgama’; streams shaped like sacred symbols merge into the sea, conveying ‘all tīrthas together’.

Characters & Entities

• Mahīsāgara-saṅgama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is not merely many destinations; certain saṅgamas are praised as concentrated sources of tīrtha-merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mahīsāgara-saṅgama, described as a gathering-place of the power of all tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The instruction is to undertake yātrā (go/visit) to the Mahīsāgara confluence; bathing is implied by the tīrtha context.