Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

तदहं कीर्तयिष्यामि मुने श्रृणु महाद्भुतम् । यावत्स्नातुं व्रजाम्यस्मिन्महीसागरसंगमे

Transliteration

tadahaṃ kīrtayiṣyāmi mune śrṛṇu mahādbhutam | yāvatsnātuṃ vrajāmyasminmahīsāgarasaṃgame

Translation

Ich will es nun verkünden — höre, o Weiser — jenes große Wunder, als ich zum Baden an die Zusammenmündung von Mahī und Ozean ging.

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; 'that' (referring to the marvel)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• कीर्तयिष्यामि: will narrate/proclaim
• कीर्तयिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कीर्तय् (नामधातु from कीर्ति) / √कीर्त् (धात्वर्थ)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• शृणु: listen
• शृणु: Kriya (Imperative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• महाद्भुतम्: a great marvel
• महाद्भुतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + अद्भुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; महत् अद्भुतम् = 'a great wonder'

• यावत्: until/so long as
• यावत्: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय/सम्बन्धबोधक)
• Form: अव्यय (correlative; 'until/so long as')

• स्नातुम्: to bathe
• स्नातुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन् (infinitive)

• व्रजामि: I go
• व्रजामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• महीसागरसंगमे: at the confluence of earth/land and ocean (or river and sea)
• महीसागरसंगमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही + सागर + संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; मही-सागरयोः संगमः (genitive tatpurusha)

Speaker

Bhṛgu (contextual, addressing Nārada as muni)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahī–sāgara-saṅgama (Staṃbha-tīrtha vicinity)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: a muni (addressed as ‘mune’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The narrator turns to a sage and begins recounting a marvel; behind them the river meets the sea, with swirling waters and a pilgrim’s path along the bank.

Characters & Entities

• Mahī-sāgara-saṅgama
• Snāna
• Nārada (contextual)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic teaching often uses sacred-story (ākhyāna) to intensify faith in tīrthas and motivate dharmic pilgrimage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mahī–Sāgara Saṅgama, with the associated Staṃbha-tīrtha in the same locale.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) at the Mahī–Sāgara confluence is explicitly referenced.