Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

सिंधुसागरयोगस्य महीसागरकस्य च । गंगासागरयोगस्य अधिपाः सूकरस्य च

Transliteration

siṃdhusāgarayogasya mahīsāgarakasya ca | gaṃgāsāgarayogasya adhipāḥ sūkarasya ca

Translation

സിന്ധു–സാഗര സംഗമം, മഹീസാഗരകം, ഗംഗാ–സാഗര സംഗമം (ഗംഗാസാഗരം) എന്നിവയുടെയും സൂകരതീർത്ഥത്തിന്റെയും അധിപതിദേവന്മാരും അവിടെ എത്തി.

Word by Word

• सिंधुसागरयोगस्य: of the Sindhu-sāgara conjunction
• सिंधुसागरयोगस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिन्धुसागरयोग (प्रातिपदिक; सिन्धु + सागर + योग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (सिन्धुसागरस्य योगः)

• महीसागरकस्य: of Mahī-sāgaraka
• महीसागरकस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीसागरक (प्रातिपदिक; मही + सागरक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (मही-सागरकः)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• गंगासागरयोगस्य: of the Gaṅgā-sāgara conjunction
• गंगासागरयोगस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गासागरयोग (प्रातिपदिक; गङ्गा + सागर + योग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (गङ्गासागरस्य योगः)

• अधिपाः: overlords / presiding lords
• अधिपाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधिप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• सूकरस्य: of the boar (Sūkara)
• सूकरस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (contextual attribution for Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṅgāsāgara; Sindhu-sāgara-saṅgama; Mahīsāgaraka; Sūkara-tīrtha

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Personified confluences appear as regal guardians: river-gods meeting the ocean, with waves forming a throne-like backdrop; Gaṅgā’s white stream merges into dark-blue sea while attendants carry conch and water-pots.

Characters & Entities

• Sindhu
• Sāgara (Ocean)
• Gaṅgā
• Gaṅgāsāgara
• Mahīsāgaraka
• Sūkara
• Adhipāḥ (presiding lords)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Confluences (saṅgamas) are spiritually potent nodes in sacred geography, honored as living divine jurisdictions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gaṅgāsāgara and other ocean-confluence tīrthas (Sindhu-sāgara-yoga, Mahīsāgaraka, Sūkara) are highlighted.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not explicit here, though such saṅgamas are classically associated with snāna (ritual bathing) and pilgrimage.