Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

किं पुनश्चापि तत्रैव मही सागरसंगमः । यत्र स्नातो महातीर्थफलं सर्वमुपाश्नुते

Transliteration

kiṃ punaścāpi tatraiva mahī sāgarasaṃgamaḥ | yatra snāto mahātīrthaphalaṃ sarvamupāśnute

Translation

ยิ่งกว่านั้น สถานที่บรรจบของแม่น้ำมหีและมหาสมุทรจะยิ่งมีมหิมาเพียงใด! ผู้ใดอาบน้ำชำระ ณ ที่นั้น ย่อมได้รับผลบุญแห่งมหาตีรถะทั้งปวงโดยครบถ้วน

Word by Word

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचन (प्रश्नार्थ)

• पुनः: further, again
• पुनः: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, पुनरुक्ति/पुनरावृत्तिबोधक (again/further)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय/अपेक्षाबोधक (also/even)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (there)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारण (just/indeed)

• मही: the earth/land
• मही: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• सागर-संगमः: confluence with the ocean
• सागर-संगमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सागर (प्रातिपदिक) + संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सागरस्य संगमः)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, सम्बन्धबोधक (relative adverb: where)

• स्नातः: having bathed
• स्नातः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), प्रथमा-एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग

• महा-तीर्थ-फलम्: the fruit of a great pilgrimage-place
• महा-तीर्थ-फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-समाससमूहः (महच्च तत् तीर्थम्; तस्य फलम्)

• सर्वम्: all, entire
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन (फलम् इति विशेष्ये)

• उपाश्नुते: obtains, enjoys
• उपाश्नुते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Śātātapa (sage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahī–Sāgara-saṅgama

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages / internal audience within Kaumārikā narrative

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous river meets the ocean; pilgrims perform snāna at the meeting line of waters, with priests holding water-pots; the horizon shows waves and a rising sun, conveying ‘all-tīrtha’ grandeur.

Characters & Entities

• Mahī–Sāgara-Saṅgama
• mahātīrtha
• snāna (bathing)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Certain tīrthas concentrate immense merit; sincere snāna at such a confluence is taught to yield comprehensive tīrtha-phala.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mahī–Sāgara-Saṅgama, the sacred meeting-point of Mahī and the Ocean.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the confluence, taught as granting the fruit of all great pilgrimages.