Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

यत्फलं स्वामियात्रायां तत्फलं समावाप्नुयात् । एवंविधमिदं पार्थ महीसागरसंगमम्

Transliteration

yatphalaṃ svāmiyātrāyāṃ tatphalaṃ samāvāpnuyāt | evaṃvidhamidaṃ pārtha mahīsāgarasaṃgamam

Translation

Quel que soit le fruit obtenu lors de la Svāmiyātrā, ce même fruit s’obtient ici pleinement. Telle est, ô Pārtha, cette confluence de la terre et de l’océan.

Word by Word

• yat: which/whatever
• yat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम (relative)

• phalam: fruit/result
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• svāmi-yātrāyām: in the pilgrimage of the Lord
• svāmi-yātrāyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svāmin (प्रातिपदिक) + yātrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (स्वामिनः यात्रा)

• tat: that
• tat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; निर्देश-सर्वनाम (demonstrative)

• phalam: fruit/result
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• samavāpnuyāt: may obtain/attain
• samavāpnuyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √āp (आप्, प्राप्तौ) उपसर्गः सम्+अव
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• evam-vidham: of such a kind
• evam-vidham: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: evam (अव्यय) + vidha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (एवं विधम् = of such a kind)

• idam: this
• idam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; निकट-निर्देश (this)

• pārtha: O Pārtha
• pārtha: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (8), एकवचन

• mahī-sāgara-saṃgamam: the confluence of earth and ocean
• mahī-sāgara-saṃgamam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahī (प्रातिपदिक) + sāgara (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मही-सागरयोः संगमः)

Speaker

Narrator addressing Pārtha (Arjuna epithet used as listener-address)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: महीसागर-संगम

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim stands at the shoreline where waves meet firm earth; a small shrine/linga nearby; sages point to the horizon while reciting phala-śruti.

Characters & Entities

• Svāmiyātrā
• Pārtha
• mahī-sāgara-saṅgama (land–sea confluence)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Certain tīrthas concentrate pilgrimage merit; visiting them can equal the fruits of longer journeys.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The mahī-sāgara-saṅgama—holy confluence where land meets the ocean—praised as highly merit-giving.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Undertaking darśana/visit to the saṅgama-tīrtha with devotion to gain Svāmiyātrā-equivalent merit.