Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

कुमारेशं तु मां भक्त्या महीसागरसंगमे । स्नात्वा संपूजयेन्नित्यं तस्य जातिस्मृतिर्भवेत्

Transliteration

kumāreśaṃ tu māṃ bhaktyā mahīsāgarasaṃgame | snātvā saṃpūjayennityaṃ tasya jātismṛtirbhavet

Translation

然而，若有人以虔敬在摩希河与大海交汇处沐浴，继而日日供奉我为「鸠摩罗伊湿伐罗」（Kumāreśvara）——此人将得「jātismṛti」，即忆念前生之力。

Word by Word

• कुमारेशम्: Kumāreśa (Lord of Kumāra)
• कुमारेशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमारेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कुमारस्य ईशः)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारण/विरोधसूचक (emphatic/contrastive particle)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• महीसागर-संगमे: at the confluence of land and ocean
• महीसागर-संगमे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही + सागर + संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (महीसागरयोः संगमः)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having bathed)

• संपूजयेत्: should worship
• संपूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kala/Avadhi (Temporal adjunct/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावेन क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative)

• तस्य: of him/for him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• जातिस्मृतिः: memory of (past) births
• जातिस्मृतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाति + स्मृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (जातेर् स्मृतिः)

• भवेत्: would arise/be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Kumāreśvara (Skanda/Kārttikeya) (contextual attribution)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahī-sāgara-saṅgama (Kumāreśvara-tīrtha)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A close interlocutor addressed as ‘son’ in adjacent verse (likely a sage/disciple figure)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the river’s mouth, waves meet flowing water; devotees bathe at the saṅgama and proceed to a shrine of Kumāreśvara, offering flowers and lamps daily; Skanda’s presence is felt as protective brilliance.

Characters & Entities

• Kumāreśvara
• Mahī
• Sāgara (ocean)
• Saṅgama
• Jātismṛti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady devotion expressed through tīrtha-snāna and daily worship can awaken higher spiritual memory (jātismṛti).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Mahī–Sāgara saṅgama (confluence of the river Mahī and the ocean), associated with Kumāreśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathe at the saṅgama and perform daily, devoted worship (nitya saṃpūjā) of Kumāreśvara.