Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

दर्शे स्नानं तथा चक्रे महीसागरसंगमे । इत्यादिबहुभिस्तैस्तैर्नित्यं नियमपालनैः

Transliteration

darśe snānaṃ tathā cakre mahīsāgarasaṃgame | ityādibahubhistaistairnityaṃ niyamapālanaiḥ

Translation

അമാവാസി ദിനത്തിൽ നദി-സമുദ്ര സംഗമത്തിൽ അവൾ സ്നാനവും ചെയ്തു; ഇങ്ങനെ പലവിധ നിത്യനിയമങ്ങളും ശാസനങ്ങളും പാലിച്ച്,

Word by Word

• दर्शे: on the new-moon day
• दर्शे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्श (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; तिथिवाचक (new-moon day)

• स्नानम्: bath
• स्नानम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

• चक्रे: she did/performed
• चक्रे: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• महीसागर-संगमे: at the confluence of earth/land and ocean (shore)
• महीसागर-संगमे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही + सागर + संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (महीसागरयोः संगमः)

• इत्यादि: and so forth
• इत्यादि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति + आदि (अव्यय-प्राय)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय (indeclinable) meaning 'and so on'

• बहुभिः: by many
• बहुभिः: Karana (करण/Instrument-Association)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• तैः: by those
• तैः: Karana (करण/Instrument-Association)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेषण

• तैः: by those (various)
• तैः: Karana (करण/Instrument-Association)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन; पुनरुक्ति (emphatic repetition)

• नित्यम्: constantly
• नित्यम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण द्वितीया-एकवचन (adverbial accusative)

• नियमपालनैः: by observances of disciplines
• नियमपालनैः: Karana (करण/Instrument-Association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नियम + पालन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (नियमानां पालनम्)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahi-sāgara-saṅgama

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At new moon, the devotee bathes where river waters meet the ocean; twilight sky, gentle waves, and ritual calm; attendants hold cloth and offering tray.

Characters & Entities

• Mahī (river)
• Sāgara (ocean)
• Darśa (new moon)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Regular observance of sacred-time rituals (like Darśa) at powerful confluences amplifies purification and merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Mahī–ocean confluence (Mahī-sāgara-saṅgama) is explicitly praised as a bathing tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna on the new-moon day (Darśa) at the confluence of Mahī river and the ocean, alongside other daily niyamas.