Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

सकलं कार्तिकं मर्त्यो यस्तच्छ्रद्धासमन्वितः । स्नापयेत्पूजयेच्चापि स नूनं मुक्तिमाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

sakalaṃ kārtikaṃ martyo yastacchraddhāsamanvitaḥ | snāpayetpūjayeccāpi sa nūnaṃ muktimāpnuyāt

Translation

যে কোনো মানুষ শ্রদ্ধাসহ সমগ্র কার্তিক মাস জুড়ে সেই লিঙ্গকে স্নান করায় ও পূজা করে, সে নিশ্চয়ই মুক্তি লাভ করে।

Word by Word

• सकलम्: entire
• सकलम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sakala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘कार्तिकम्’ इति विशेषणम्

• कार्तिकम्: the (month of) Kārtika
• कार्तिकम्: Karma (Extent/time as object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārtika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कालवाचक (the Kārtika period/month)

• मर्त्यः: a mortal
• मर्त्यः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: martya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Relative subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• तत्-श्रद्धा-समन्वितः: endowed with that faith
• तत्-श्रद्धा-समन्वितः: Visheshana (Qualifier of martyaḥ/yaḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad + śraddhā + samanvita (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः (‘श्रद्धया समन्वितः’) तथा ‘तत्’ इति निर्देशः

• स्नापयेत्: should cause (it) to be bathed
• स्नापयेत्: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: snā (धातु, णिच् causative)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद; णिजन्त

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक

• अपि: also
• अपि: Emphasis (Sambandha/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अप्यर्थे (also/even)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• नूनम्: surely
• नूनम्: Kriya-visheshana (Modal adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nūnam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निश्चयार्थक (certainly)

• मुक्तिम्: liberation
• मुक्तिम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आप्नुयात्: would attain
• आप्नुयात्: Kriya (Result action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āp (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sūta (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas/assembly

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee performing daily Kārtika worship: dawn bath, lamp offerings, abhiṣeka to the liṅga, flowers and bilva leaves, steady discipline across the month; the scene conveys quiet certainty of liberation.

Characters & Entities

• Kārtika (month)
• Śiva (liṅga)
• Mukti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faithful, sustained devotion during Kārtika—expressed through bathing and worship—culminates in liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching is tied to worship of the local liṅga within this Tīrthamāhātmya; the excerpt does not name the location.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

For the full month of Kārtika: snāpana (ritual bathing) and pūjā of the liṅga, performed with śraddhā.