Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 91

Devanagari script

दग्ध्वा संगमसांनिध्ये क्षिप्तान्यस्थीनि संगमे । ततस्तीर्थप्रभावेण मुखं जातं शशिप्रभम्

Transliteration

dagdhvā saṃgamasāṃnidhye kṣiptānyasthīni saṃgame | tatastīrthaprabhāveṇa mukhaṃ jātaṃ śaśiprabham

Translation

സംഗമസന്നിധിയിൽ അവയെ ദഹിപ്പിച്ച് അസ്ഥികളെ സംഗമത്തിൽ അർപ്പിച്ചു. പിന്നെ ആ തീർത്ഥപ്രഭാവത്താൽ അവളുടെ മുഖം ചന്ദ്രപ്രഭപോലെ ദീപ്തമായി.

Word by Word

• दग्ध्वा: having burnt
• दग्ध्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; धातुः—दह् (दाहे)

• संगम-सांनिध्ये: in the vicinity of the confluence
• संगम-सांनिध्ये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संगम (प्रातिपदिक) + सांनिध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (संगमस्य सांनिध्यम्)

• क्षिप्तानि: were thrown
• क्षिप्तानि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: कर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; धातुः—क्षिप् (क्षेपणे)

• अस्थीनि: bones
• अस्थीनि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्थि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• संगमे: at the confluence
• संगमे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Sequencing/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (then)

• तीर्थ-प्रभावेण: by the power of the sacred ford
• तीर्थ-प्रभावेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (तीर्थस्य प्रभावः)

• मुखम्: a face
• मुखम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• जातम्: arose/was born
• जातम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: कर्तरि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; धातुः—जन् (जन्मनि)

• शशि-प्रभम्: moon-bright
• शशि-प्रभम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शशि (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (शशिवत् प्रभा यस्य) विशेषणम् (मुखम्)

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Saṅgama (unnamed in excerpt)

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Near the confluence, the remains are cremated; bones are cast into the meeting waters. Immediately her face manifests anew, glowing with moonlike radiance.

Characters & Entities

• saṅgama
• tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Acts performed with faith at a saṅgama are depicted as powerfully purifying, leading to auspicious transformation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The saṅgama (confluence), praised for its tīrtha-prabhāva.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Cremation near the saṅgama and casting of bones (asthi) into the confluence (asthi-visarjana).