Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

तदहं कीर्तयिष्यामि मुने श्रृणु महाद्भुतम् । यावत्स्नातुं व्रजाम्यस्मिन्महीसागरसंगमे

Transliteration

tadahaṃ kīrtayiṣyāmi mune śrṛṇu mahādbhutam | yāvatsnātuṃ vrajāmyasminmahīsāgarasaṃgame

Translation

وہی بات میں اب بیان کروں گا—اے مُنی، اس عظیم عجوبے کو سنو—جب میں مہī اور سمندر کے سنگم پر غسل کے لیے گیا تھا۔

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; 'that' (referring to the marvel)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• कीर्तयिष्यामि: will narrate/proclaim
• कीर्तयिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कीर्तय् (नामधातु from कीर्ति) / √कीर्त् (धात्वर्थ)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• शृणु: listen
• शृणु: Kriya (Imperative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• महाद्भुतम्: a great marvel
• महाद्भुतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + अद्भुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; महत् अद्भुतम् = 'a great wonder'

• यावत्: until/so long as
• यावत्: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय/सम्बन्धबोधक)
• Form: अव्यय (correlative; 'until/so long as')

• स्नातुम्: to bathe
• स्नातुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन् (infinitive)

• व्रजामि: I go
• व्रजामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• महीसागरसंगमे: at the confluence of earth/land and ocean (or river and sea)
• महीसागरसंगमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही + सागर + संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; मही-सागरयोः संगमः (genitive tatpurusha)

Speaker

Bhṛgu (contextual, addressing Nārada as muni)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahī–sāgara-saṅgama (Staṃbha-tīrtha vicinity)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: a muni (addressed as ‘mune’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The narrator turns to a sage and begins recounting a marvel; behind them the river meets the sea, with swirling waters and a pilgrim’s path along the bank.

Characters & Entities

• Mahī-sāgara-saṅgama
• Snāna
• Nārada (contextual)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic teaching often uses sacred-story (ākhyāna) to intensify faith in tīrthas and motivate dharmic pilgrimage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mahī–Sāgara Saṅgama, with the associated Staṃbha-tīrtha in the same locale.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) at the Mahī–Sāgara confluence is explicitly referenced.