Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 106

Devanagari script

स्नात्वा महीसागरे च तेषां दास्यामि वांछितम् । विधिना येऽर्चयिष्यंति मां च श्रद्धास मन्विताः

Transliteration

snātvā mahīsāgare ca teṣāṃ dāsyāmi vāṃchitam | vidhinā ye'rcayiṣyaṃti māṃ ca śraddhāsa manvitāḥ

Translation

Tras bañarse en Mahīsāgara, les concederé lo que anhelen: a quienes me adoren conforme al rito y colmados de fe.

Word by Word

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘स्ना’ धातोः; पूर्वक्रिया

• महीसागरे: in the ocean
• महीसागरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही + सागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘महीसागर’ = great ocean

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• तेषाम्: to them / of them
• तेषाम्: Sampradana/Sambandha (to them/of them)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• दास्यामि: I shall give
• दास्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• वाञ्छितम्: the desired (boon)
• वाञ्छितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाञ्छित (प्रातिपदिक; वाञ्छ् धातोः क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; ‘इष्टम्’ इत्यर्थे

• विधिना: by proper rite
• विधिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; ‘according to rule’

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), बहुवचन

• अर्चयिष्यन्ति: will worship
• अर्चयिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• श्रद्धासमन्विताः: endowed with faith
• श्रद्धासमन्विताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रद्धा + समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक; सम्+अन्वि धातोः क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘श्रद्धया समन्विताः’ = endowed with faith

Speaker

Devī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahīsāgara

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrims/devotees within the narrative frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims perform snāna in a vast sacred water-body (Mahīsāgara), then approach a forest shrine in Dharmāraṇya to offer worship with focused faith; the Devi’s blessing is shown as a gentle radiance or shower of flowers.

Characters & Entities

• Mahīsāgara
• Dharmāraṇya (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faithful worship joined with disciplined practice and tīrtha-bathing yields both worldly and spiritual fulfillment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mahīsāgara (for snāna) together with the Devī’s worship in the Dharmāraṇya region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform snāna in Mahīsāgara and worship the Devī according to proper rite (vidhi) with faith.