Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

तत्र स्नात्वा नरो भक्त्या श्राद्धं कुर्याद्विधानतः । भरद्वाजेश्वरं पूज्य शिवलोके महीयते

Transliteration

tatra snātvā naro bhaktyā śrāddhaṃ kuryādvidhānataḥ | bharadvājeśvaraṃ pūjya śivaloke mahīyate

Translation

Dort soll der Mensch, nachdem er sich in Hingabe gebadet hat, das śrāddha nach der Vorschrift vollziehen; und nachdem er Bharadvājeśvara verehrt hat, wird er in Śivas Welt geehrt.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive)

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

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कुर्यात्: should perform
• कुर्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• विधानतः: according to the prescribed rule
• विधानतः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त-अव्यय; अर्थः—विधानेन/विधिपूर्वकम् (according to rule)

• भरद्वाजेश्वरम्: Bharadvājeśvara
• भरद्वाजेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरद्वाज + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—भरद्वाजस्य ईश्वरः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• पूज्य: having worshipped / worshipping
• पूज्य: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु) → पूज्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्/य-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive/absolutive-like in sense ‘having worshipped’); अव्यय-प्रयोग (here functioning like a पूर्वक्रिया: ‘worshipping’)

• शिवलोके: in Śiva’s world
• शिवलोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिवलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—शिवस्य लोकः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• महीयते: is honored/glorified
• महीयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मह् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान/Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः—‘is honored/glorified’

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bharadvājeśvara-tīrtha (saras)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotee bathes in the lake with folded hands, then performs śrāddha with priest on the bank, then offers flowers and bilva to Bharadvājeśvara liṅga; above, Śiva-loka with attendants honoring the devotee.

Characters & Entities

• Bharadvājeśvara
• Śiva
• Śivaloka
• Śrāddha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional bathing, proper ancestral rites, and Śiva worship together yield exalted spiritual honor.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha associated with the Bharadvājeśvara liṅga, where snāna and śrāddha are prescribed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna at the site, followed by śrāddha performed vidhānataḥ (per injunction), and pūjā of Bharadvājeśvara.