Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

एकत्र सर्वतीर्थानां यदि संयोगमिच्छथ । तद्गच्छथ महापुण्यं महीसागरसंगमम्

Transliteration

ekatra sarvatīrthānāṃ yadi saṃyogamicchatha | tadgacchatha mahāpuṇyaṃ mahīsāgarasaṃgamam

Translation

Kung ninanais mo na sa iisang dako magtipon ang lahat ng banal na tīrtha, pumaroon ka sa sangam na lubhang mapagpala, na tinatawag na Mahīsāgara.

Word by Word

• एकत्र: in one place; together
• एकत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एकत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb: ‘in one place/together’)

• सर्वतीर्थानाम्: of all holy places
• सर्वतीर्थानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (condition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तवाचक अव्यय (conditional particle)

• संयोगम्: meeting; conjunction
• संयोगम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सं + युज् (धातु) → संयोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• इच्छथ: you (all) desire
• इच्छथ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन

• तत्: then/therefore
• तत्: Sambandha (discourse deictic/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (used adverbially: ‘then/therefore’), एकवचन

• गच्छथ: go (you all)
• गच्छथ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, मध्यम-पुरुष, बहुवचन

• महापुण्यम्: greatly holy
• महापुण्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (महीसागरसंगमम्)

• महीसागरसंगमम्: the confluence of the Mahī (river) with the ocean
• महीसागरसंगमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही + सागर + संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘confluence of Mahī and the ocean’

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahīsāgara-saṅgama

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A guide points pilgrims toward a shining confluence; banners read ‘Mahīsāgara-saṅgama’; streams shaped like sacred symbols merge into the sea, conveying ‘all tīrthas together’.

Characters & Entities

• Mahīsāgara-saṅgama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is not merely many destinations; certain saṅgamas are praised as concentrated sources of tīrtha-merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mahīsāgara-saṅgama, described as a gathering-place of the power of all tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The instruction is to undertake yātrā (go/visit) to the Mahīsāgara confluence; bathing is implied by the tīrtha context.