Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 126

Devanagari script

इदं तीर्थवरं मह्यं संसेव्यं सर्वदा प्रियम् । कृतं यदत्रागमनं तेन प्रीतिः परा मम

Transliteration

idaṃ tīrthavaraṃ mahyaṃ saṃsevyaṃ sarvadā priyam | kṛtaṃ yadatrāgamanaṃ tena prītiḥ parā mama

Translation

Diese vortreffliche Tīrtha ist mir lieb und soll stets aufgesucht werden. Da ihr hierher gekommen seid, bin ich von höchster Freude erfüllt.

Word by Word

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तीर्थवरम्: excellent sacred ford
• तीर्थवरम्: Karta (Apposition to subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—वरं तीर्थम्

• मह्यम्: for me
• मह्यम्: Sampradana (Recipient/for me)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी, एकवचन

• संसेव्यम्: to be resorted to, to be frequented
• संसेव्यम्: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-सेव् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (यत्/अनीयर्-भावे ‘-य’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषणम्—सेवनीयम्

• सर्वदा: always
• सर्वदा: Sambandha (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (always)

• प्रियम्: dear, beloved
• प्रियम्: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषणम् (to ‘इदं तीर्थवरम्’)

• कृतम्: has been done
• कृतम्: Kriya (Predicative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘done/has been done’

• यत्: which
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (here)

• आगमनम्: arrival, coming
• आगमनम्: Karta (Subject of ‘कृतम्’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु) (आगमन-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘coming/arrival’ (as subject of ‘कृतम्’)

• तेन: by that / therefore
• तेन: Hetu/Karana (Cause/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; हेतु/करण

• प्रीतिः: joy, pleasure
• प्रीतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रीति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• परा: supreme, great
• परा: Karta (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (to ‘प्रीतिः’)

• मम: my
• मम: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

Speaker

Devī (Goddess)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: (Tīrtha-vara; name not specified in the given verses)

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pāṇḍavas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A welcoming sacred landscape: the deity/speaker stands near the tīrtha, expressing delight at the pilgrims’ arrival; the place is shown as radiant—clear waters, steps, trees, and ritual lamps.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage done with reverence pleases the Divine; a tīrtha is meant to be repeatedly approached as a living support for dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A ‘tīrtha-varam’ is praised, but the exact name is not stated in this verse alone; it is identifiable from the surrounding passage of Adhyāya 65.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Regular tīrtha-sevā (repeated visiting/attending) is recommended; no specific snāna/dāna/japa is specified here.