Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 88

Devanagari script

सांगं रुद्रजपं कृत्वा व्याधिदोषात्प्रमुच्यते । अमावास्यां सोमदिने व्यतीपाते च वैधृतौ । संक्रांतौ ग्रहणे चैव तत्र श्राद्धं स्मृतं नृणाम्

Transliteration

sāṃgaṃ rudrajapaṃ kṛtvā vyādhidoṣātpramucyate | amāvāsyāṃ somadine vyatīpāte ca vaidhṛtau | saṃkrāṃtau grahaṇe caiva tatra śrāddhaṃ smṛtaṃ nṛṇām

Translation

Wer das vollständige Rudra-japa mit seinen Hilfsgliedern vollzieht, wird von den Makeln der Krankheit befreit. Am Tage der Amāvasyā (Neumond), an einem Montag, bei Vyatīpāta und Vaidhṛti (ungünstigen Yogas), bei Saṅkrānti und während einer Finsternis—zu solchen Zeiten ist den Menschen das Śrāddha vorgeschrieben.

Word by Word

• साङ्गम्: with all limbs/with auxiliaries (complete)
• साङ्गम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि—‘अङ्गैः सहितम्’

• रुद्रजपम्: Rudra-mantra recitation
• रुद्रजपम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र + जप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (japa of Rudra)

• कृत्वा: having performed
• कृत्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having done’

• व्याधिदोषात्: from disease and defect
• व्याधिदोषात्: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याधि + दोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; द्वन्द्व (illness and fault)

• प्रमुच्यते: is freed/released
• प्रमुच्यते: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• अमावास्याम्: on new-moon day
• अमावास्याम्: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमावास्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• सोमदिने: on Monday
• सोमदिने: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम + दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (day of Soma = Monday)

• व्यतीपाते: at Vyatīpāta (astral yoga)
• व्यतीपाते: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यतीपात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

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

• वैधृतौ: at Vaidhṛti (astral yoga)
• वैधृतौ: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैधृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• संक्रान्तौ: at the solar ingress (saṅkrānti)
• संक्रान्तौ: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संक्रान्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• ग्रहणे: during an eclipse
• ग्रहणे: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रहण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

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

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha-bodhaka (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• तत्र: there/then
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/कालवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• स्मृतम्: is prescribed/declared
• स्मृतम्: Kriyā (Predicative/क्रिया-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि भावः—‘is prescribed/remembered’

• नृणाम्: of men/for people
• नृणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (tatra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee in a tīrtha precinct performs Rudra-japa with rudrākṣa mala before a Śiva-liṅga; nearby, a śrāddha setup with kuśa grass, piṇḍa plates, and tilodaka; sky shows eclipse/saṅkrānti symbolism (darkened sun) and calendrical markers.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Amāvāsyā
• Soma-vāra (Monday)
• Vyatīpāta
• Vaidhṛti
• Saṅkrānti
• Grahaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Mantra-discipline (Rudra-japa) and ancestral duty (śrāddha) are both upheld as dharma that yields purification and well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The phrase “tatra” indicates the Dharmāraṇya tīrtha-context of this chapter (including Dharmavāpī and connected shrines).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform sāṃga Rudra-japa; and perform śrāddha at the site on amāvāsyā, Mondays, Vyatīpāta, Vaidhṛti, saṅkrānti, and eclipses.