Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 87

Devanagari script

अहं तात गमिष्यामि महीसागरसंगमम् । भवामि तत्र संप्राप्ता यथा कुरु तथा नृप

Transliteration

ahaṃ tāta gamiṣyāmi mahīsāgarasaṃgamam | bhavāmi tatra saṃprāptā yathā kuru tathā nṛpa

Translation

„Vater, ich werde zum Zusammenfluss von Land und Ozean gehen. Wenn ich dort angekommen bin, o König, handle, wie du es für recht hältst.“

Word by Word

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुषवाचक सर्वनाम; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Nominative, Singular)

• tāta: O father/dear sir
• tāta: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāta (तात प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Vocative, Singular)

• gamiṣyāmi: I will go
• gamiṣyāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (गम् धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (1st person singular)

• mahī-sāgara-saṃgamam: the confluence of land and ocean
• mahī-sāgara-saṃgamam: Karma (Goal as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahī (मही) + sāgara (सागर) + saṃgama (संगम प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)

• bhavāmi: I become/I shall be
• bhavāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (1st person singular)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (तत्र अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: ‘there’)

• saṃprāptā: arrived
• saṃprāptā: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-pra-āp (सम्+प्र+आप् धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे ‘having arrived’ (Feminine, Nominative, Singular)

• yathā: as
• yathā: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (यथा अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/उपमानवाचक-अव्यय (correlative: ‘as/how’)

• kuru: do
• kuru: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (2nd person singular)

• tathā: so
• tathā: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (तथा अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (correlative: ‘so/thus’)

• nṛpa: O king
• nṛpa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (नृप प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Vocative, Singular)

Speaker

The maiden (addressing her father, the king) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Māhī–Sāgara Saṅgama (land–ocean confluence)

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The maiden stands before her father (king), hands folded or resolute gesture, declaring her intent to go to the ocean’s edge where land meets sea; court witnesses the vow-like statement.

Characters & Entities

• mahī-sāgara-saṅgama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage to a saṅgama is portrayed as a karmically meaningful act, undertaken with resolve and dharmic propriety.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The mahī–sāgara saṅgama (the sea-shore confluence of land and ocean).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The act prescribed is going on pilgrimage to the saṅgama; specific rites are described later (e.g., offerings, disposal of remains).