Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

पपात शनिदर्शे च महीसागरसंगमे । सर्वतीर्थमये तत्र सर्वपापप्रमोचने

Transliteration

papāta śanidarśe ca mahīsāgarasaṃgame | sarvatīrthamaye tatra sarvapāpapramocane

Translation

นางตกลง ณ ศนิดรศะ ตรงสังฆมแห่งแม่น้ำมหีและมหาสมุทร—ที่นั่นเป็นตถีรถะอันรวมตถีรถะทั้งปวง และเป็นที่ปลดเปลื้องบาปทั้งสิ้น

Word by Word

• papāta: fell
• papāta: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपदम्; धातुः पत् (to fall)

• śanidarśe: at the sight/appearance of Śani
• śanidarśe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śanidarśa (प्रातिपदिक) = śani + darśa
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (singular); समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (śaneḥ darśaḥ)

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

• mahīsāgarasaṃgame: at the confluence of earth and ocean
• mahīsāgarasaṃgame: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahīsāgarasaṃgama (प्रातिपदिक) = mahī + sāgara + saṃgama
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (singular); समासः तत्पुरुषः (mahī-sāgarayoḥ saṃgamaḥ)

• sarvatīrthamaye: in the all-pilgrimage-places-embodying (place)
• sarvatīrthamaye: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarvatīrthamaya (प्रातिपदिक) = sarva + tīrtha + maya
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (singular); विशेषणम्; समासः तत्पुरुषः (sarvāṇi tīrthāni yasmin)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• sarvapāpapramocane: in the remover of all sins (tīrtha)
• sarvapāpapramocane: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarvapāpapramocana (प्रातिपदिक) = sarva + pāpa + pramocana
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (singular); समासः तत्पुरुषः (sarvapāpānāṃ pramocanam)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śanidarśa (Mahī–Sāgara Saṅgama)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (typical frame; specific interlocutors not explicit in the verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dramatic coastal confluence: the Mahī’s brown-green current meets the foaming sea; a sacred spot named Śanidarśa glows with tīrtha-radiance, suggesting ‘all tīrthas’ present invisibly; a falling body/limb marks the mythic consecration of the place.

Characters & Entities

• Mahī
• Sāgara
• Śanidarśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sacred confluence is celebrated as spiritually potent—capable of dissolving accumulated sin through its tīrtha-prabhāva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śanidarśa at the Mahī–Sāgara-saṅgama (Mahī River meeting the ocean).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated here, but the standard implication of such verses is tīrtha-sevā—especially bathing (snāna) and worship at the confluence.