Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

यत्फलं स्वामियात्रायां तत्फलं समावाप्नुयात् । एवंविधमिदं पार्थ महीसागरसंगमम्

Transliteration

yatphalaṃ svāmiyātrāyāṃ tatphalaṃ samāvāpnuyāt | evaṃvidhamidaṃ pārtha mahīsāgarasaṃgamam

Translation

سوامی یاترا میں جو ثواب حاصل ہوتا ہے، وہی ثواب یہاں پورے طور پر ملتا ہے۔ اے پارتھ! یہ زمین اور سمندر کا ایسا ہی مقدّس سنگم ہے۔

Word by Word

• yat: which/whatever
• yat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम (relative)

• phalam: fruit/result
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• svāmi-yātrāyām: in the pilgrimage of the Lord
• svāmi-yātrāyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svāmin (प्रातिपदिक) + yātrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (स्वामिनः यात्रा)

• tat: that
• tat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; निर्देश-सर्वनाम (demonstrative)

• phalam: fruit/result
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• samavāpnuyāt: may obtain/attain
• samavāpnuyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √āp (आप्, प्राप्तौ) उपसर्गः सम्+अव
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• evam-vidham: of such a kind
• evam-vidham: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: evam (अव्यय) + vidha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (एवं विधम् = of such a kind)

• idam: this
• idam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; निकट-निर्देश (this)

• pārtha: O Pārtha
• pārtha: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (8), एकवचन

• mahī-sāgara-saṃgamam: the confluence of earth and ocean
• mahī-sāgara-saṃgamam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahī (प्रातिपदिक) + sāgara (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मही-सागरयोः संगमः)

Speaker

Narrator addressing Pārtha (Arjuna epithet used as listener-address)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: महीसागर-संगम

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim stands at the shoreline where waves meet firm earth; a small shrine/linga nearby; sages point to the horizon while reciting phala-śruti.

Characters & Entities

• Svāmiyātrā
• Pārtha
• mahī-sāgara-saṅgama (land–sea confluence)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Certain tīrthas concentrate pilgrimage merit; visiting them can equal the fruits of longer journeys.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The mahī-sāgara-saṅgama—holy confluence where land meets the ocean—praised as highly merit-giving.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Undertaking darśana/visit to the saṅgama-tīrtha with devotion to gain Svāmiyātrā-equivalent merit.