Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 136

Devanagari script

सप्ताहाद्दृश्यते चापि तावन्निर्दोषवान्मतः । अत्र स्नात्वा च जप्त्वा च तपस्तप्त्वा तथैव च

Transliteration

saptāhāddṛśyate cāpi tāvannirdoṣavānmataḥ | atra snātvā ca japtvā ca tapastaptvā tathaiva ca

Translation

Wenn selbst nach einer Woche kein Zeichen von Bedrängnis zu sehen ist, gilt er bis dahin als schuldlos. Hier, nachdem er gebadet, Japa verrichtet und ebenso Tapas geübt hat…

Word by Word

• सप्ताहात्: after a week
• सप्ताहात्: Apadana (Ablative/time-from)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्ताह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; कालवाचक (after/from a week)

• दृश्यते: is seen / appears
• दृश्यते: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• च: and
• च: Discourse connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि/also/even

• तावत्: so long / till then
• तावत्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Extent marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाण/अवधि (so long/that much)

• निर्दोषवान्: faultless / free from दोष
• निर्दोषवान्: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर् + दोष + वत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (सः/असौ इत्यस्य)

• मतः: is considered
• मतः: Kriya (Predicate complement)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle) पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भावे/कर्मणि—‘is considered’

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), परस्मैपदी; (having bathed)

• च: and
• च: Discourse connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• जप्त्वा: having recited (japa)
• जप्त्वा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), परस्मैपदी; (having recited)

• च: and
• च: Discourse connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• तपः: austerity
• तपः: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तप्त्वा: having practiced (austerity)
• तप्त्वा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), परस्मैपदी; (having performed austerity)

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus/so)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक (indeed/just)

• च: and
• च: Discourse connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sangama (contextual)

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm sequence: the devotee continues daily bathing and japa on the riverbank for seven days; sunrise cycles; the person remains healthy, serene, and focused in austerity.

Characters & Entities

• Snāna
• Japa
• Tapas
• Mahī–Sāgara Saṅgama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is paired with restraint and practice: innocence is affirmed over time, while tīrtha-life emphasizes bathing, mantra-recitation, and austerity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mahī–Sāgara Saṅgama (implied by continuity: ‘here’).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A seven-day observation window for the ordeal’s result, and recommended disciplines of snāna, japa, and tapas at the tīrtha.