Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

पौर्णमास्याममावास्यां संक्रांतौ वैधृते तथा । कुमारेशं नरः स्नात्वा महीसागरसंगमे

Transliteration

paurṇamāsyāmamāvāsyāṃ saṃkrāṃtau vaidhṛte tathā | kumāreśaṃ naraḥ snātvā mahīsāgarasaṃgame

Translation

Am Vollmondtag, am Neumondtag, beim Saṅkrānti (Sonnenübergang) und ebenso im Vaidhṛti‑Yoga—wer bei Kumāreśa, am Zusammenfluss von Land und Ozean, das heilige Bad nimmt—erlangt großes Verdienst.

Word by Word

• पौर्णमास्याम्: on the full-moon day
• पौर्णमास्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौर्णमासी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• अमावास्याम्: on the new-moon day
• अमावास्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमावास्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• संक्रान्तौ: at saṅkrānti (solar ingress)
• संक्रान्तौ: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संक्रान्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• वैधृते: at the Vaidhṛti (yoga)
• वैधृते: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैधृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘वैधृत-योग’ इत्यर्थे (astronomical yoga)

• तथा: and likewise
• तथा: Connector/Adverbial
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (likewise)

• कुमारेशम्: Kumāreśa (the Lord)
• कुमारेशम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमारेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया—‘स्नानं कृत्वा’

• महीसागर-संगमे: at the confluence of land and ocean
• महीसागर-संगमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही (प्रातिपदिक) + सागर (प्रातिपदिक) + संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘महीसागरयोः संगमः’ (meeting of land and sea)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kumāreśa (mahī-sāgara-saṅgama)

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dawn on Pūrṇimā/Amāvāsyā, pilgrims bathe where the shoreline meets the sea near the Kumāreśa shrine; flags flutter, priests guide sankalpa; the moon (full or absent) and the rising sun mark the sacred calendar; offerings are placed on the sand.

Characters & Entities

• Kumāreśa/Kumāreśvara
• Paurṇamāsī
• Amāvāsyā
• Saṅkrānti
• Vaidhṛti
• Mahī-sāgara-saṅgama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage bathing gains heightened potency when performed at sacred junctions of time (tithi/yoga) and place (confluence by the sea).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kumāreśvara/Kumāreśa at the mahī-sāgara-saṅgama (meeting of land and ocean).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tīrtha-snāna at Kumāreśvara on Paurṇimā, Amāvāsyā, Saṅkrānti, and Vaidhṛti.