Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 87

Devanagari script

अहं तात गमिष्यामि महीसागरसंगमम् । भवामि तत्र संप्राप्ता यथा कुरु तथा नृप

Transliteration

ahaṃ tāta gamiṣyāmi mahīsāgarasaṃgamam | bhavāmi tatra saṃprāptā yathā kuru tathā nṛpa

Translation

“Wahai ayah, aku akan pergi ke pertemuan daratan dan lautan. Apabila aku tiba di sana, wahai raja, lakukanlah sebagaimana yang tuanku anggap wajar.”

Word by Word

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुषवाचक सर्वनाम; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Nominative, Singular)

• tāta: O father/dear sir
• tāta: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāta (तात प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Vocative, Singular)

• gamiṣyāmi: I will go
• gamiṣyāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (गम् धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (1st person singular)

• mahī-sāgara-saṃgamam: the confluence of land and ocean
• mahī-sāgara-saṃgamam: Karma (Goal as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahī (मही) + sāgara (सागर) + saṃgama (संगम प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)

• bhavāmi: I become/I shall be
• bhavāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (1st person singular)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (तत्र अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: ‘there’)

• saṃprāptā: arrived
• saṃprāptā: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-pra-āp (सम्+प्र+आप् धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे ‘having arrived’ (Feminine, Nominative, Singular)

• yathā: as
• yathā: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (यथा अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/उपमानवाचक-अव्यय (correlative: ‘as/how’)

• kuru: do
• kuru: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (2nd person singular)

• tathā: so
• tathā: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (तथा अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (correlative: ‘so/thus’)

• nṛpa: O king
• nṛpa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (नृप प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Vocative, Singular)

Speaker

The maiden (addressing her father, the king) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Māhī–Sāgara Saṅgama (land–ocean confluence)

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The maiden stands before her father (king), hands folded or resolute gesture, declaring her intent to go to the ocean’s edge where land meets sea; court witnesses the vow-like statement.

Characters & Entities

• mahī-sāgara-saṅgama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage to a saṅgama is portrayed as a karmically meaningful act, undertaken with resolve and dharmic propriety.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The mahī–sāgara saṅgama (the sea-shore confluence of land and ocean).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The act prescribed is going on pilgrimage to the saṅgama; specific rites are described later (e.g., offerings, disposal of remains).