Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

मूढबुद्ध्या हि को नाम महीसागरसंगमम् । त्यजेच्च यत्र मोक्षश्च स्वर्गश्च करगोऽथ वा

Transliteration

mūḍhabuddhyā hi ko nāma mahīsāgarasaṃgamam | tyajecca yatra mokṣaśca svargaśca karago'tha vā

Translation

పూర్తిగా మోహగ్రస్తుడు కాకపోతే ఎవడు భూమి-సముద్ర సంగమాన్ని వదులుతాడు? అక్కడ మోక్షమూ స్వర్గమూ చేతిలో ఉన్నట్లే లభిస్తాయి కదా.

Word by Word

• मूढबुद्ध्या: through foolish understanding
• मूढबुद्ध्या: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूढ-बुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक; मूढ + बुद्धि)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; करण/हेतुवाचक

• हि: indeed
• हि: Nipāta (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• कः: who
• कः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक

• नाम: indeed/ever
• नाम: Nipāta (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्न-प्रबलक निपात (interrogative intensifier)

• महीसागरसंगमम्: the confluence of land and ocean
• महीसागरसंगमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही-सागर-संगम (प्रातिपदिक; मही + सागर + संगम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• त्यजेत्: would abandon
• त्यजेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

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

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Locus)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्ध/स्थानवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: 'where')

• मोक्षः: liberation
• मोक्षः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

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

• स्वर्गः: heaven
• स्वर्गः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

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

• करगः: (is) in the hand/easily obtainable (lit. 'hand-go')
• करगः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: करग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अथ: then/indeed
• अथ: Nipāta (Discourse)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक/प्रसङ्गार्थक निपात (then/now)

• वा: or
• वा: Nipāta (Alternative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive particle)

Speaker

Hārīta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahī-sāgara-saṅgama

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śātātapa and/or the fearful group

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sweeping coastal vista where the land meets the ocean; a sage gestures toward the horizon, declaring the saṅgama’s power; pilgrims stand awed, with waves and a luminous sky suggesting liberation.

Characters & Entities

• Hārīta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Do not abandon a divinely empowered tīrtha; sacred geography can become a direct means to heavenly and liberating merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A mahī–sāgara saṅgama (land–ocean confluence) tīrtha, within the chapter’s Stambhatīrtha-centered pilgrimage setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is named here; it extols the inherent salvific potency of the tīrtha itself.