Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

अनेन विधिना राजंस्तुष्टो देवो महेश्वरः । विधिना तीर्थयोगेन क्षयरोगाद्विमुच्यते

Transliteration

anena vidhinā rājaṃstuṣṭo devo maheśvaraḥ | vidhinā tīrthayogena kṣayarogādvimucyate

Translation

O König, durch dieses Verfahren wird der große Gott Maheśvara zufrieden; und durch die vorgeschriebene Verbindung mit dem Tīrtha wird man von der Schwindsucht (kṣaya-roga) befreit.

Word by Word

• अनेन: by this
• अनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: (त्रिलिङ्ग), तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; साधन/प्रकारवाचक ‘by this’

• विधिना: by the procedure
• विधिना: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तुष्टः: pleased
• तुष्टः: Karta (Predicate adjective of देवः/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तुष् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘pleased’

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• महेश्वरः: Mahēśvara (Great Lord)
• महेश्वरः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) = महा + ईश्वर
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः ‘महान् ईश्वरः’

• विधिना: by the prescribed method
• विधिना: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुनरुक्त-प्रयोगः (emphatic)

• तीर्थयोगेन: through connection with the tīrtha
• तीर्थयोगेन: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थयोग (प्रातिपदिक) = तीर्थ + योग
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘तीर्थेण योगः/तीर्थसम्बन्धः’

• क्षयरोगात्: from consumption (TB)
• क्षयरोगात्: Apadana (Source/Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षयरोग (प्रातिपदिक) = क्षय + रोग
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• विमुच्यते: is freed
• विमुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense) ‘is released’

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Candrahāsya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājan / Nareśvara (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A concluding tableau: Maheśvara’s presence felt as a radiant aura over the Candrahāsyeśa liṅga; the devotee, having completed the rite, stands healthy and composed; symbolic imagery of a fading shadow (disease) dissolving into light; priests and pilgrims witness the transformation.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśvara
• Tīrtha-yoga
• Kṣaya-roga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When devotion follows vidhi and is anchored in a sacred place, divine grace is said to remove deep afflictions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Candrahāsya/Candraprabhāsa tīrtha context within Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Following the stated method (vidhi) and performing tīrtha-based observance (tīrtha-yoga) to gain relief from kṣaya-roga.