Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्नन्तरे पार्थ स्नातुं तत्र समागताः । बहवो मुनयः पुण्ये महीसागरसंगमे

Transliteration

etasminnantare pārtha snātuṃ tatra samāgatāḥ | bahavo munayaḥ puṇye mahīsāgarasaṃgame

Translation

À cet instant même, ô Pārtha, de nombreux sages arrivèrent là pour se baigner au saint confluent où la terre rejoint l’océan.

Word by Word

• एतस्मिन्: in this
• एतस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन — locative singular

• अन्तरे: in the interval/meanwhile
• अन्तरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन — locative singular

• पार्थ: O Pārtha
• पार्थ: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन — vocative singular

• स्नातुम्: to bathe
• स्नातुम्: Prayojana (Purpose)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive) — ‘to bathe’

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (locative adverb)

• समागताः: assembled/came together
• समागताः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+आ+गम् (धातु) → समागत (कृदन्त/क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन — past participle used as finite sense ‘came/assembled’; agreeing with मुनयः

• बहवः: many
• बहवः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन — nominative plural; qualifying मुनयः

• मुनयः: sages
• मुनयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन — nominative plural

• पुण्ये: holy/sacred
• पुण्ये: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन — locative singular; qualifying संगमे

• महीसागर-संगमे: at the confluence of land and sea
• महीसागर-संगमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही + सागर + संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन — locative singular; compound: मही (earth/land) + सागर (sea) + संगम (confluence)

Speaker

Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa (deduced: Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: महीसागर-संगम (as named in the verse)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A wide sacred seashore where waves meet firm land; many matted-haired sages arrive with kamaṇḍalus and staffs, preparing for ritual bathing at dawn.

Characters & Entities

• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• Munis (sages)
• Mahī-sāgara-saṅgama (land–ocean confluence)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy bathing at a sanctified confluence is presented as a direct means of acquiring puṇya (spiritual merit).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A puṇya-kṣetra described as the mahī–sāgara saṅgama, the sacred meeting of land and ocean.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the holy confluence.