Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

अस्य तीरे देहदाहो यस्य कस्य प्रजायते । अस्थिक्षेपो यस्य भवेन्महीसागरसंगमे

Transliteration

asya tīre dehadāho yasya kasya prajāyate | asthikṣepo yasya bhavenmahīsāgarasaṃgame

Translation

ഈ തീരത്ത് ആരുടെയെങ്കിലും ദേഹദാഹം (ദഹനകർമ്മം) നടക്കുകയും, അസ്ഥിവിസർജനം ഭൂമി–സമുദ്ര സംഗമത്തിൽ നടക്കുകയും ചെയ്താൽ—

Word by Word

• asya: of this (place)
• asya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध

• tīre: on the bank/shore
• tīre: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• dehadāhaḥ: burning/cremation of the body
• dehadāhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deha (प्रातिपदिक) + dāha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (देहस्य दाहः); कर्ता/विधेय

• yasya: of whom
• yasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (relative)

• kasya: of anyone (whosoever)
• kasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थ (indefinite sense with yasya)

• prajāyate: arises/occurs
• prajāyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + jan (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present/वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• asthikṣepaḥ: casting/immersion of bones
• asthikṣepaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asthi (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣepa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (अस्थ्नां क्षेपः); कर्ता/विधेय

• yasya: of whom
• yasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (relative)

• bhavet: may be/should occur
• bhavet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative/संभावना), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• mahīsāgarasaṃgame: at the confluence of land and ocean
• mahīsāgarasaṃgame: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahī (प्रातिपदिक) + sāgara (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (मह्याः सागरस्य च संगमः/महī-सāgara-संगमः); अधिकरण

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Koṭitīrtha (bank) / Mahī-sāgara-saṅgama

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A quiet cremation ground near the sacred bank: a funeral pyre with controlled flames; family performing final offerings; later, a small procession to the sea-confluence where ashes/bones are released into waves at dawn.

Characters & Entities

• Koṭitīrtha
• mahī-sāgara-saṅgama (land–ocean confluence)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma extends to end-of-life rites, teaching that sacred geography can sanctify funerary acts for any person.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Koṭitīrtha and its shore, linked with a confluence described as the meeting of land and ocean.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Deha-dāha (cremation) on the tīrtha’s bank and asthi-kṣepa (bone immersion) at the confluence (saṅgama).