Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 137

Devanagari script

रुद्रलोकं सुबहवो गताः पुण्येन कर्मणा । सोमवारे विशेषेण स्नात्वा योत्र सुभक्तितः

Transliteration

rudralokaṃ subahavo gatāḥ puṇyena karmaṇā | somavāre viśeṣeṇa snātvā yotra subhaktitaḥ

Translation

Durch solche verdienstvollen Taten sind viele in Rudras Welt gelangt. Besonders aber: wer hier an einem Montag in wahrer Hingabe badet…

Word by Word

• रुद्रलोकम्: Rudra-loka (world of Rudra)
• रुद्रलोकम्: Karma (Goal as object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (रुद्रस्य लोकः)

• सुबहवः: very many
• सुबहवः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (जनाः/ते इत्यध्याहृत)

• गताः: have gone
• गताः: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे (have gone)

• पुण्येन: by merit
• पुण्येन: Karana (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• कर्मणा: by (their) deed
• कर्मणा: Karana (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• सोमवारे: on Monday
• सोमवारे: Adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमवार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; कालवाचक (on Monday)

• विशेषेण: especially
• विशेषेण: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Manner)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणार्थे (especially)

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

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

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

• सुभक्तितः: through good devotion
• सुभक्तितः: Hetu (Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु + भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/हेतु-अपादान), एकवचन; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः (from/through devotion)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sangama (contextual)

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees bathe at dawn on a Monday at the confluence, offering bilva leaves and water to a Śiva-liṅga on the bank; a luminous path upward suggests Rudraloka as the promised fruit.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Rudraloka
• Somavāra (Monday)
• Mahī–Sāgara Saṅgama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional practice at a tīrtha—especially on Śiva’s favored day (Monday)—is portrayed as leading to exalted Shaiva attainments.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same ‘here’ refers to Mahī–Sāgara Saṅgama.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ritual bathing at the tīrtha, with special emphasis on Somavāra (Monday) performed in devotion.