Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 102

Devanagari script

जप्त्वा शुचिर्ब्रह्मचारी मासं मुच्येत पातकात् । एतदाराध्य संजाता रजिरामादयः पुरा

Transliteration

japtvā śucirbrahmacārī māsaṃ mucyeta pātakāt | etadārādhya saṃjātā rajirāmādayaḥ purā

Translation

Nachdem man Japa vollzogen hat, rein ist und Brahmacarya wahrt, wird man innerhalb eines Monats von Sünde befreit. Durch die Verehrung dessen entstanden einst Vorbilder wie Rajirāma und andere.

Word by Word

• japtvā: having recited
• japtvā: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jap (जप्, जपने)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः; ‘जपं कृत्वा/जप्त्वा’

• śuciḥ: pure
• śuciḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śuci (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• brahmacārī: a celibate/student
• brahmacārī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahmacārin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• māsam: for a month
• māsam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; कालावधि (duration)

• mucyeta: may be freed
• mucyeta: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √muc (मुच्, मोचने)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः (be released)

• pātakāt: from sin
• pātakāt: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pātaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; ‘एतद्’ (this)

• ārādhya: having worshipped/propitiated
• ārādhya: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√radh (राध्, आराधने/सिद्धौ)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त-समकक्ष (gerund), अव्यय; ‘आराध्य’ = having propitiated/worshipped

• saṃjātāḥ: were born/arose
• saṃjātāḥ: Kriya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṃjāta (सम्+√jan, जन्, जनने)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle used predicatively), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• raji-rāma-ādayaḥ: Raji, Rāma and others
• raji-rāma-ādayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: raji (प्रातिपदिक/नाम) + rāma (प्रातिपदिक/नाम) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्व/समुच्चयार्थः (…and others)

• purā: formerly/once
• purā: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celibate practitioner in white cloth sits near the liṅga, counting rudrākṣa beads; a calendar-like month cycle shown as lunar phases; aura of purification.

Characters & Entities

• japa
• brahmacarya
• pātaka (sin)
• Rajirāma (exemplar figure)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity, restraint, and sustained mantra-practice are portrayed as powerful means for pāpaharaṇa (removal of sin).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kumāreśvara-linked liṅga and its worship-regimen, praised as efficacious within a month.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Japa performed with śauca (purity) and brahmacarya for a month, resulting in release from pātaka; continued ārādhana as exemplified by earlier devotees.