Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

द्विजानहं समायातो महीसागरसंगमम्

Transliteration

dvijānahaṃ samāyāto mahīsāgarasaṃgamam

Translation

Ich kam zusammen mit den Brāhmaṇas zur Mündung, wo Land und Ozean zusammenfließen.

Word by Word

• द्विजान्: Brahmins
• द्विजान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd case); बहुवचन

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

• समायातः: came, arrived
• समायातः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past active participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• महीसागर-संगमम्: the confluence of land and sea
• महीसागर-संगमम्: Karma (Goal/कर्म-गति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही (प्रातिपदिक) + सागर (प्रातिपदिक) + संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः/निर्देश-तत्पुरुषः); पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator within the passage (first-person ‘aham’); framed by Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahī–Sāgara-saṅgama

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A small pilgrimage party led by the narrator arrives at a vast seashore where land meets the rolling ocean; brāhmaṇas carry waterpots and staffs.

Characters & Entities

• Dvijas (brāhmaṇas)
• Mahī-sāgara-saṅgama (land-sea confluence)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy geography includes liminal meeting-points—like land and ocean—where pilgrimage is undertaken in the company of the righteous.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Mahī-sāgara-saṅgama, the confluence where the earth meets the sea, is indicated as the sacred destination.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse sets up a tīrtha-visit; subsequent lines specify bathing and related observances.