Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्नन्तरे पार्थ स्नातुं तत्र समागताः । बहवो मुनयः पुण्ये महीसागरसंगमे

Transliteration

etasminnantare pārtha snātuṃ tatra samāgatāḥ | bahavo munayaḥ puṇye mahīsāgarasaṃgame

Translation

Đúng lúc ấy, hỡi Pārtha, nhiều bậc hiền triết đã đến nơi đó để tắm gội tại chốn hợp lưu linh thiêng, nơi đất liền gặp biển cả.

Word by Word

• एतस्मिन्: in this
• एतस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन — locative singular

• अन्तरे: in the interval/meanwhile
• अन्तरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन — locative singular

• पार्थ: O Pārtha
• पार्थ: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन — vocative singular

• स्नातुम्: to bathe
• स्नातुम्: Prayojana (Purpose)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive) — ‘to bathe’

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (locative adverb)

• समागताः: assembled/came together
• समागताः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+आ+गम् (धातु) → समागत (कृदन्त/क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन — past participle used as finite sense ‘came/assembled’; agreeing with मुनयः

• बहवः: many
• बहवः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन — nominative plural; qualifying मुनयः

• मुनयः: sages
• मुनयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन — nominative plural

• पुण्ये: holy/sacred
• पुण्ये: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन — locative singular; qualifying संगमे

• महीसागर-संगमे: at the confluence of land and sea
• महीसागर-संगमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही + सागर + संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन — locative singular; compound: मही (earth/land) + सागर (sea) + संगम (confluence)

Speaker

Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa (deduced: Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: महीसागर-संगम (as named in the verse)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A wide sacred seashore where waves meet firm land; many matted-haired sages arrive with kamaṇḍalus and staffs, preparing for ritual bathing at dawn.

Characters & Entities

• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• Munis (sages)
• Mahī-sāgara-saṅgama (land–ocean confluence)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy bathing at a sanctified confluence is presented as a direct means of acquiring puṇya (spiritual merit).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A puṇya-kṣetra described as the mahī–sāgara saṅgama, the sacred meeting of land and ocean.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the holy confluence.