Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

यत्र मज्जन्नरो मज्जेन्न भूयो दुःखसागरे । सप्तसागरतीर्थं च शुभं सगरतीर्थतः

Transliteration

yatra majjannaro majjenna bhūyo duḥkhasāgare | saptasāgaratīrthaṃ ca śubhaṃ sagaratīrthataḥ

Translation

جہاں آدمی مقدس پانی میں غوطہ لگا کر پھر غم کے سمندر میں نہیں ڈوبتا۔ وہیں سگر تیرتھ سے آگے مبارک سپت ساگر تیرتھ ہے۔

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक) — “where”

• मज्जन्: while bathing
• मज्जन्: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मज्ज् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — “bathing/immersing”

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — “man/person”

• मज्जेत्: would sink
• मज्जेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मज्ज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — “would sink/immerse”

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध particle) — negation

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (पुनरर्थक adverb) — “again/further”

• दुःखसागरे: in the ocean of sorrow
• दुःखसागरे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख-सागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन — “in the ocean of sorrow”; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (दुःखस्य सागरः)

• सप्तसागरतीर्थम्: Saptasāgara-tīrtha
• सप्तसागरतीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्त-सागर-तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — “Saptasāgara-tīrtha”; समासः तत्पुरुष (नाम-समास; सप्तसागरस्य तीर्थम्)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक)

• शुभम्: auspicious
• शुभम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — विशेषणम् (तीर्थम्) “auspicious”

• सगरतीर्थतः: from/than Sagara-tīrtha
• सगरतीर्थतः: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सगर-तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन — ablative “from/than Sagara-tīrtha”; समासः तत्पुरुष (नाम-समास)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśī-khaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sapta-sāgara Tīrtha (in relation to Sagara Tīrtha)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim fully immerses in sacred water; above, a subtle allegory shows the ‘ocean of sorrow’ as dark waves behind, while the tīrtha water is luminous; nearby signage/shrine indicates Sapta-sāgara, with seven stylized wave-bands or seven water-vessels.

Characters & Entities

• Sagara Tīrtha
• Sapta-sāgara Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred immersion symbolizes crossing beyond recurring suffering—tīrtha-bathing is framed as a liberation-aid.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sapta-sāgara Tīrtha, connected in sequence with Sagara Tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Majjana/snānā—ritual immersion, portrayed as preventing a return to the ‘ocean of sorrow’.