Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 127

Devanagari script

माघे चतुर्दश्यष्टम्यां सोमवारे च पर्वणि । स्नात्वा सरसि योऽभ्यर्च्य लिंगमेतच्छिवं व्रजेत्

Transliteration

māghe caturdaśyaṣṭamyāṃ somavāre ca parvaṇi | snātvā sarasi yo'bhyarcya liṃgametacchivaṃ vrajet

Translation

في شهرِ ماغها—في اليومِ الرابعَ عشر أو الثامنِ قمريًّا، وكذلك في يومِ الاثنين إذا وافقَ عيدًا—مَن اغتسلَ في البحيرة وعبدَ هذا اللِّينغا بلغَ شيفا (ونالَ حالَ شيفا).

Word by Word

• माघे: in (the month of) Māgha
• माघे: अधिकरण (Time-locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Locative singular; कालवाचक (time)

• चतुर्दश्यष्टम्याम्: on the fourteenth and eighth (tithis)
• चतुर्दश्यष्टम्याम्: अधिकरण (Time-locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दशी + अष्टमी (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Locative singular; द्वन्द्वसमास (copulative)

• सोमवारे: on Monday
• सोमवारे: अधिकरण (Time-locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमवार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Locative singular; वारवाचक

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• पर्वणि: on a festival/holy day
• पर्वणि: अधिकरण (Time-locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Locative singular

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: क्रियाविशेषण (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वक्रिया — having bathed

• सरसि: in a lake
• सरसि: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Locative singular

• यः: who
• यः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Relative pronoun, nominative singular

• अभ्यर्च्य: having worshipped
• अभ्यर्च्य: क्रियाविशेषण (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) — having worshipped

• लिङ्गम्: the liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: विशेषण (Qualifier of कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Demonstrative agreeing with लिङ्गम्

• शिवम्: auspicious / of Śiva
• शिवम्: विशेषण (Qualifier of कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Adjective agreeing with लिङ्गम्

• व्रजेत्: should go/attain
• व्रजेत्: क्रिया (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन — should go/attain

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahākāla-associated saras and liṅga (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at dawn in Māgha bathe in a lotus-filled lake; nearby stands a radiant Śiva-liṅga shrine. A devotee offers bilva leaves and water, while the sky suggests a festival parvan and the calm of somavāra.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Liṅga
• Māgha
• Somavāra
• Saras (sacred lake)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred timing plus tīrtha-bathing and liṅga-worship culminate in the highest goal—union with Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A saras (sacred lake) associated with the liṅga-kṣetra of Adhyāya 40 is glorified as a liberating bathing spot.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathe in the lake and worship the liṅga in Māgha on Aṣṭamī/Caturdaśī, especially on Mondays and festival days.