Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

विमुच्यते मनोमोहैर्भक्त्या स्तुत्वा च मां नरः । गोदानफलमाप्नोति निर्माल्यस्फेटनान्मम

Transliteration

vimucyate manomohairbhaktyā stutvā ca māṃ naraḥ | godānaphalamāpnoti nirmālyaspheṭanānmama

Translation

Wer Mich in Hingabe preist, wird von den Verblendungen des Geistes befreit. Und wer Mein nirmālya (bereits dargebrachte Girlanden und Opfergaben) entfernt, erlangt Verdienst wie bei der Gabe einer Kuh.

Word by Word

• vimucyate: is freed
• vimucyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-muc (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे—‘is freed’

• mano-mohaiḥ: from delusions of the mind
• mano-mohaiḥ: Apadana (Ablative sense/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक) + moha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/अपादानार्थे), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (मनसः मोहाः)

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• stutvā: having praised
• stutvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: stu (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्यय; ‘having praised’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• go-dāna-phalam: the fruit of cow-gift (go-dāna)
• go-dāna-phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: go (प्रातिपदिक) + dāna (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (गोदानस्य फलम्)

• āpnoti: attains
• āpnoti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āp (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• nirmālya-spheṭanāt: from removing the offerings/garlands (nirmālya)
• nirmālya-spheṭanāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nirmālya (प्रातिपदिक) + spheṭana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (निर्माल्यस्य स्फेटनम्)

• mama: of me; my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) speaking to the sages (deduced; direct first-person deity reference 'mām/mama')

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devotee audience within Kaumārikākhaṇḍa (unspecified)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee sings a hymn with folded hands before the liṅga; afterward, with reverence, he gathers wilted garlands and bilva leaves from the sanctum threshold into a clean basket, carrying them to a designated sacred disposal spot, his face calm and unclouded.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Bhakti clears inner confusion, and humble temple service can carry the merit of major charities.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the verse highlights universal temple-sevā in a Śaiva context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Stuti (devotional praise) and nirmālya-sphaṭana (clearing used garlands/offerings) as a meritorious service, equal to go-dāna.