Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

सहस्रविंशतिश्चैव षट्शतानि तथैव च । तासां सारसमुद्भुतं महीतोयं प्रकीर्तितम्

Transliteration

sahasraviṃśatiścaiva ṣaṭśatāni tathaiva ca | tāsāṃ sārasamudbhutaṃ mahītoyaṃ prakīrtitam

Translation

Vingt et un mille, et encore six cents de plus ; de tous ceux-là, l’essence qui en jaillit est célébrée comme l’eau de la Mahī.

Word by Word

• सहस्रविंशतिः: one thousand and twenty (1020)
• सहस्रविंशतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र + विंशति (प्रातिपदिक; संख्या)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (संख्यावाचक)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (linker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/also
• एव: Sambandha (linker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय

• षट्शतानि: six hundreds (600)
• षट्शतानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षट् + शत (प्रातिपदिक; संख्या)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; द्विगु-समासः (six hundreds)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (linker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक/तुल्यार्थक अव्यय

• एव: indeed/also
• एव: Sambandha (linker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (linker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय

• तासाम्: of those (rivers)
• तासाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• सारसमुद्भुतम्: arisen from (Lake) Sārasa
• सारसमुद्भुतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सारस + उद्भूत (प्रातिपदिक; ‘arisen’)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (महीतोयम्)

• महीतोयम्: Mahī-toya (earth-water; a named sacred water)
• महीतोयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही + तोय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘earth-water’ (name/term)

• प्रकीर्तितम्: is proclaimed/declared
• प्रकीर्तितम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + कीर्त् (धातु) → प्रकीर्तित (कृदन्त; क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे ‘is proclaimed’

Speaker

Saṃvarta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahī (river) / Mahī-toya

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A great river (Mahī) rendered as a radiant stream; above it, subtle glyph-like emanations of many rivers/tīrthas dissolve into a single luminous current, suggesting distilled sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Mahī River (Mahī-toya)
• Tīrthas (implied total count)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Mahī is praised as a concentrated embodiment of tīrtha-merit, teaching that some places are regarded as ‘essence’ sites in pilgrimage theology.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mahī-toya (the sacred waters of the Mahī), as part of the Mahī–Sāgara Saṅgama māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None stated; the verse provides a quantitative-hyperbolic praise establishing the exceptional sanctity of Mahī waters.