Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 126

Devanagari script

इति वो वर्णितः पुण्यो महीसागरसम्भवः । शृण्वन्संकीर्तयंश्चैव सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते

Transliteration

iti vo varṇitaḥ puṇyo mahīsāgarasambhavaḥ | śṛṇvansaṃkīrtayaṃścaiva sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

Translation

ଏହିପରି ତୁମମାନଙ୍କୁ ପୁଣ୍ୟ ‘ମହୀସାଗରସମ୍ଭବ’ ବର୍ଣ୍ଣିତ ହେଲା। ଯେ ଏହା ଶୁଣେ ଏବଂ ଯେ ଏହାକୁ ସଂକୀର୍ତ୍ତନ କରେ, ସେ ସର୍ବ ପାପରୁ ମୁକ୍ତ ହୁଏ।

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• vaḥ: to you/for you
• vaḥ: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी/षष्ठी (Dat/Gen), बहुवचन (Plural), मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• varṇitaḥ: has been described
• varṇitaḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √varṇ (वर्ण् धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त-क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; कर्मणि (has been described)

• puṇyaḥ: holy/meritorious
• puṇyaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• mahī-sāgara-sambhavaḥ: the origin of the Mahī-sāgara
• mahī-sāgara-sambhavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahī (प्रातिपदिक) + sāgara (प्रातिपदिक) + sambhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (mahī-sāgarasya sambhavaḥ = origin of the Mahī-sāgara)

• śṛṇvan: hearing
• śṛṇvan: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (श्रु धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त-शतृ (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन (one who hears)

• saṃkīrtayan: reciting/praising
• saṃkīrtayan: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√kīrt (कीर्त् धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त-शतृ (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन (one who praises/recites)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• sarva-pāpaiḥ: from all sins
• sarva-pāpaiḥ: Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural); कर्मधारय (sarvāṇi pāpāni)

• pramucyate: is released/freed
• pramucyate: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√muc (मुच् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद, कर्मणि/भावे (is freed)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing sages/brāhmaṇas

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahīsāgarasambhava

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas (addressed earlier; ‘to you’ in plural)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A recitation gathering: a learned narrator chanting the māhātmya; listeners seated reverently; behind them a symbolic depiction of Mahīsāgarasambhava—water body or sacred emergence—glowing with sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Mahīsāgarasambhava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hearing and reciting a kṣetra-māhātmya is itself a purifying practice that destroys sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Mahīsāgarasambhava account/site within the Guptakṣetra–Koṭitīrtha–Mahīnagaraka cycle.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (listening) and saṃkīrtana (public recitation/chanting) of the māhātmya.