Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

दर्शे स्नानं तथा चक्रे महीसागरसंगमे । इत्यादिबहुभिस्तैस्तैर्नित्यं नियमपालनैः

Transliteration

darśe snānaṃ tathā cakre mahīsāgarasaṃgame | ityādibahubhistaistairnityaṃ niyamapālanaiḥ

Translation

اور درش (اماوس) کے دن اس نے دریا اور سمندر کے سنگم پر اشنان بھی کیا۔ یوں طرح طرح کے ایسے روزانہ کے نِیَم اور ضبط کے ذریعے،

Word by Word

• दर्शे: on the new-moon day
• दर्शे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्श (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; तिथिवाचक (new-moon day)

• स्नानम्: bath
• स्नानम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

• चक्रे: she did/performed
• चक्रे: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• महीसागर-संगमे: at the confluence of earth/land and ocean (shore)
• महीसागर-संगमे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही + सागर + संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (महीसागरयोः संगमः)

• इत्यादि: and so forth
• इत्यादि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति + आदि (अव्यय-प्राय)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय (indeclinable) meaning 'and so on'

• बहुभिः: by many
• बहुभिः: Karana (करण/Instrument-Association)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• तैः: by those
• तैः: Karana (करण/Instrument-Association)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेषण

• तैः: by those (various)
• तैः: Karana (करण/Instrument-Association)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन; पुनरुक्ति (emphatic repetition)

• नित्यम्: constantly
• नित्यम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण द्वितीया-एकवचन (adverbial accusative)

• नियमपालनैः: by observances of disciplines
• नियमपालनैः: Karana (करण/Instrument-Association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नियम + पालन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (नियमानां पालनम्)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahi-sāgara-saṅgama

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At new moon, the devotee bathes where river waters meet the ocean; twilight sky, gentle waves, and ritual calm; attendants hold cloth and offering tray.

Characters & Entities

• Mahī (river)
• Sāgara (ocean)
• Darśa (new moon)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Regular observance of sacred-time rituals (like Darśa) at powerful confluences amplifies purification and merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Mahī–ocean confluence (Mahī-sāgara-saṅgama) is explicitly praised as a bathing tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna on the new-moon day (Darśa) at the confluence of Mahī river and the ocean, alongside other daily niyamas.