Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 78
Devanagari script
सागराः सरितश्चैव समाजग्मुश्च सर्वशः
Transliteration
sāgarāḥ saritaścaiva samājagmuśca sarvaśaḥ
Translation
समस्त दिशाओं से समुद्र और नदियाँ भी वहाँ एकत्र हो गईं।
Word by Word
सागराःoceans
सागराः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसागर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन
सरितःrivers
सरितः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसरित् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha/Connector (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)
एवindeed
एव:
Sambandha/Connector (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)
समाजग्मुःcame together, assembled
समाजग्मुः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-आ-गम् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद
चand
च:
Sambandha/Connector (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)
सर्वशःfrom all sides, in every way
सर्वशः:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसर्वशस् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय, प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: in every way/from all sides)
Speaker
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: sangam
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A panoramic vision of oceans and rivers personified as deities arriving from all directions, flowing toward a luminous festival ground.
FAQs
Sacred waters symbolize purification and unity—at divine moments, all streams converge toward auspiciousness.
No single tīrtha is named; the verse evokes the universal sanctity of rivers and seas.
None is directly stated; by implication, tīrtha-related acts like snāna are culturally associated with sacred waters.