Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

किं पुनश्चापि तत्रैव मही सागरसंगमः । यत्र स्नातो महातीर्थफलं सर्वमुपाश्नुते

Transliteration

kiṃ punaścāpi tatraiva mahī sāgarasaṃgamaḥ | yatra snāto mahātīrthaphalaṃ sarvamupāśnute

Translation

Um wie viel mehr gilt dies für den Zusammenfluss von Mahī und Ozean! Wer dort badet, erlangt die ganze Frucht aller großen Tīrthas.

Word by Word

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचन (प्रश्नार्थ)

• पुनः: further, again
• पुनः: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, पुनरुक्ति/पुनरावृत्तिबोधक (again/further)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय/अपेक्षाबोधक (also/even)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (there)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारण (just/indeed)

• मही: the earth/land
• मही: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• सागर-संगमः: confluence with the ocean
• सागर-संगमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सागर (प्रातिपदिक) + संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सागरस्य संगमः)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, सम्बन्धबोधक (relative adverb: where)

• स्नातः: having bathed
• स्नातः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), प्रथमा-एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग

• महा-तीर्थ-फलम्: the fruit of a great pilgrimage-place
• महा-तीर्थ-फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-समाससमूहः (महच्च तत् तीर्थम्; तस्य फलम्)

• सर्वम्: all, entire
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन (फलम् इति विशेष्ये)

• उपाश्नुते: obtains, enjoys
• उपाश्नुते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Śātātapa (sage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahī–Sāgara-saṅgama

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages / internal audience within Kaumārikā narrative

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous river meets the ocean; pilgrims perform snāna at the meeting line of waters, with priests holding water-pots; the horizon shows waves and a rising sun, conveying ‘all-tīrtha’ grandeur.

Characters & Entities

• Mahī–Sāgara-Saṅgama
• mahātīrtha
• snāna (bathing)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Certain tīrthas concentrate immense merit; sincere snāna at such a confluence is taught to yield comprehensive tīrtha-phala.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mahī–Sāgara-Saṅgama, the sacred meeting-point of Mahī and the Ocean.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the confluence, taught as granting the fruit of all great pilgrimages.