Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

एवंविधानि तीर्थानि महीसागरसंगमे । बहूनि संति पुण्यानि संक्षेपाद्वर्णितानि मे

Transliteration

evaṃvidhāni tīrthāni mahīsāgarasaṃgame | bahūni saṃti puṇyāni saṃkṣepādvarṇitāni me

Translation

Au lieu où la terre rejoint l’océan se trouvent de nombreux tīrtha de cette sorte—innombrables et dispensateurs de mérite. Je ne les ai décrits qu’en abrégé.

Word by Word

• एवंविधानि: of such a kind
• एवंविधानि: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एवंविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (neuter, nominative/accusative plural, adjective)

• तीर्थानि: sacred places (tīrthas)
• तीर्थानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन (neuter, nominative plural)

• महीसागर-संगमे: at the confluence of land and ocean
• महीसागर-संगमे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही (प्रातिपदिक) + सागर (प्रातिपदिक) + संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘महीसागरयोः संगमः’ (masculine, locative singular; genitive-tatpurusha)

• बहूनि: many
• बहूनि: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (neuter, nominative plural, adjective)

• सन्ति: are / exist
• सन्ति: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन (present indicative, 3rd person plural)

• पुण्यानि: meritorious, holy
• पुण्यानि: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (neuter, nominative plural, adjective)

• संक्षेपात्: briefly / in summary
• संक्षेपात्: Hetu/Prakāra (Cause/Means/हेतु/प्रकार)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संक्षेप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे ‘संक्षेपात्’ = संक्षेपेण (masculine, ablative singular; used adverbially)

• वर्णितानि: described
• वर्णितानि: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया-भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वर्णय् (धातु) → वर्णित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे विधेय-विशेषणम् (PPP; neuter nominative plural; predicative)

• मे: by me / of me
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (genitive singular pronoun)

Speaker

Narratorial voice within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa (traditionally Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa conveying the Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: महीसागरसंगम-तीर्थसमूह (Stambhatīrtha/Somanātha coastal cluster)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Arjuna (Phālguna)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator-sage gestures toward a vast shoreline where the earth meets the ocean; multiple small shrines/lingas and bathing-ghats dot the coast, suggesting countless tīrthas beyond the frame.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrthas (sacred sites)
• Mahī-sāgara-saṅgama (land–ocean confluence)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is framed as sacred geography: many coastal tīrthas collectively generate puṇya, even when only summarized.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not a single site—this verse praises the broader cluster of tīrthas at the land–ocean meeting point in the Somanātha/Stambhatīrtha region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; it functions as a concluding note affirming the abundance of merit-giving tīrthas.