Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

यत्र मज्जन्नरो मज्जेन्न भूयो दुःखसागरे । सप्तसागरतीर्थं च शुभं सगरतीर्थतः

Transliteration

yatra majjannaro majjenna bhūyo duḥkhasāgare | saptasāgaratīrthaṃ ca śubhaṃ sagaratīrthataḥ

Translation

Là où l’homme, en s’immergeant (dans les eaux sacrées), ne sombre plus dans l’océan de la souffrance—là se trouve aussi l’auspicieux Sapta-sāgara Tīrtha, au-delà de (la contrée du) Sagara Tīrtha.

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक) — “where”

• मज्जन्: while bathing
• मज्जन्: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मज्ज् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — “bathing/immersing”

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — “man/person”

• मज्जेत्: would sink
• मज्जेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मज्ज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — “would sink/immerse”

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध particle) — negation

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (पुनरर्थक adverb) — “again/further”

• दुःखसागरे: in the ocean of sorrow
• दुःखसागरे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख-सागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन — “in the ocean of sorrow”; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (दुःखस्य सागरः)

• सप्तसागरतीर्थम्: Saptasāgara-tīrtha
• सप्तसागरतीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्त-सागर-तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — “Saptasāgara-tīrtha”; समासः तत्पुरुष (नाम-समास; सप्तसागरस्य तीर्थम्)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक)

• शुभम्: auspicious
• शुभम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — विशेषणम् (तीर्थम्) “auspicious”

• सगरतीर्थतः: from/than Sagara-tīrtha
• सगरतीर्थतः: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सगर-तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन — ablative “from/than Sagara-tīrtha”; समासः तत्पुरुष (नाम-समास)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśī-khaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sapta-sāgara Tīrtha (in relation to Sagara Tīrtha)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim fully immerses in sacred water; above, a subtle allegory shows the ‘ocean of sorrow’ as dark waves behind, while the tīrtha water is luminous; nearby signage/shrine indicates Sapta-sāgara, with seven stylized wave-bands or seven water-vessels.

Characters & Entities

• Sagara Tīrtha
• Sapta-sāgara Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred immersion symbolizes crossing beyond recurring suffering—tīrtha-bathing is framed as a liberation-aid.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sapta-sāgara Tīrtha, connected in sequence with Sagara Tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Majjana/snānā—ritual immersion, portrayed as preventing a return to the ‘ocean of sorrow’.