Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

रामेण रौक्मिणेयेन युयुधानादिभिस्तदा । स च ज्ञात्वा ज्ञातिसमं महीसागरसंगमे

Transliteration

rāmeṇa raukmiṇeyena yuyudhānādibhistadā | sa ca jñātvā jñātisamaṃ mahīsāgarasaṃgame

Translation

At that time he was accompanied by Rāma, by Raukmiṇeya, and by Yuyudhāna and others; and, knowing that his kinsmen too had assembled at the confluence of Mahīsāgara, he proceeded there accordingly.

Word by Word

• रामेण: with Rāma (Balarāma)
• रामेण: Sahakari (सहकारी/सह-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• रौक्मिणेयेन: with Raukmiṇeya (Pradyumna)
• रौक्मिणेयेन: Sahakari (सहकारी/सह-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रौक्मिणेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• युयुधानादिभिः: with Yuyudhāna and others
• युयुधानादिभिः: Sahakari (सहकारी/सह-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युयुधान (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (युयुधानः आदिः येषां ते)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: then)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• ज्ञात्वा: having known
• ज्ञात्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund)

• ज्ञातिसमम्: equal to (his) kinsmen
• ज्ञातिसमम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्ञाति (प्रातिपदिक) + सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (ज्ञातिसदृशम्)

• महीसागरसंगमे: at the confluence/meeting with the ocean
• महीसागरसंगमे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही (प्रातिपदिक) + सागर (प्रातिपदिक) + संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (महीसागरस्य संगमः)

Speaker

Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa (narrator, implied)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahīsāgara-saṅgama

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Phālguna (Arjuna)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kṛṣṇa arrives with Balarāma, Pradyumna (Raukmiṇeya), Sātyaki (Yuyudhāna) and others at the Mahīsāgara confluence, where many relatives are already assembled.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Rāma (Balarāma)
• Raukmiṇeya (Pradyumna)
• Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki)
• Mahīsāgara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrthas are strengthened by saṅgama—holy gatherings—where family and community unite in dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mahīsāgara-saṅgama, a confluence/meeting-place treated as a sacred focus.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; the verse highlights pilgrimage with saintly and familial association.