Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

रजःसंशोधनं कृत्वा नरो रोगैः प्रमुच्यते । प्राप्नोति देहं हार्दं च सुरसद्मानुलेपनात्

Transliteration

rajaḥsaṃśodhanaṃ kṛtvā naro rogaiḥ pramucyate | prāpnoti dehaṃ hārdaṃ ca surasadmānulepanāt

Translation

Nachdem Staub und Unreinheit beseitigt sind, wird der Mensch von Krankheiten befreit. Und indem er die göttliche Wohnstatt (den Tempel) verputzt oder salbt, erlangt er auch einen lieblichen, geliebten Leib.

Word by Word

• रजःसंशोधनम्: purification/cleansing of dust/impurity
• रजःसंशोधनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजः (प्रातिपदिक) + संशोधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (रजसः संशोधनम्)

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• नरः: a man/person
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• रोगैः: from diseases
• रोगैः: Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन

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

• प्राप्नोति: attains
• प्राप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• देहम्: a body
• देहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• हार्दम्: beloved/pleasing (dear)
• हार्दम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हार्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (देहम् इति विशेष्यस्य)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सुरसद्मानुलेपनात्: from the anointing/plastering of the divine abode/temple
• सुरसद्मानुलेपनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक) + सद्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + अनुलेपन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषसमासः (सुरसद्मनः अनुलेपनम्)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee cleanses the temple precincts, sweeping away dust, then applies fresh sacred plaster/unguent to the shrine walls while the liṅga sanctum glows softly.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Physical service to sacred space—cleaning and maintaining the temple—becomes a means of purification and well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha; the teaching is general to Śiva’s temple as ‘sura-sadma’.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Rajaḥ-saṃśodhana (removing dust/cleaning) and anulepana (plastering/anointing the temple structure).