Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

परदारकृतं यच्च मात्रापि च समं कृतम् । क्षालयिष्यति तत्पापं स्नापितं पूजितं परैः

Transliteration

paradārakṛtaṃ yacca mātrāpi ca samaṃ kṛtam | kṣālayiṣyati tatpāpaṃ snāpitaṃ pūjitaṃ paraiḥ

Translation

حتى الإثم الناشئ عن الزنا بزوجة الغير، وحتى ما كان فادحًا كالإساءة إلى الأم—إذا غُسِّل هذا (اللِّينغا) وعُبِد على الوجه اللائق، انغسل ذلك الإثم.

Word by Word

• परदारकृतम्: done with another’s wife
• परदारकृतम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर-दार-कृत (प्रातिपदिक; पर + दार + कृत)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle used adjectivally; qualifying पापम् understood)

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular; relative pronoun)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• मात्रा: by measure, even by a little
• मात्रा: Karaṇa (Measure/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Instrumental, Singular)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि-कार (particle: even/also)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• समम्: equally, to the same extent
• समम्: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (Neuter, Accusative, Singular; adverbial-adjective ‘equally’)

• कृतम्: done, committed
• कृतम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP)

• क्षालयिष्यति: will wash away
• क्षालयिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षल् (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (Neuter, Accusative, Singular; qualifying पापम्)

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• स्नापितम्: (when it is) bathed
• स्नापितम्: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Condition/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्ना (धातु) + णिच्
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; णिजन्त (PPP; ‘having been bathed/caused to be bathed’)

• पूजितम्: (when it is) worshipped
• पूजितम्: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Condition/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP)

• परैः: by others
• परैः: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Instrumental, Plural)

Speaker

Śiva (implied, continuing the merit statement)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Yājñavalkyeśvara at Hāṭakeśvara

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A penitent devotee, burdened by grave sin, witnesses the liṅga being bathed and worshipped; the abhiṣeka waters are depicted as washing away dark stains that dissolve into light around the sanctum.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s grace accessed through liṅga worship is portrayed as a powerful means of purification even from heavy moral transgressions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra milieu in the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (Yājñavalkyeśvara narrative).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ritual bathing (abhiṣeka) and worship (pūjā) of the liṅga as a purificatory act (prāyaścitta).