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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

सोमस्य दिवसे प्राप्ते वर्षं यावत्कृतक्षणः । तस्य पूजां करोत्येवं स्नापयित्वा विधानतः । सोऽपि मुक्तिं व्रजेन्मर्त्य एतत्तातान्मया श्रुतम्

Transliteration

somasya divase prāpte varṣaṃ yāvatkṛtakṣaṇaḥ | tasya pūjāṃ karotyevaṃ snāpayitvā vidhānataḥ | so'pi muktiṃ vrajenmartya etattātānmayā śrutam

Translation

Wenn der Montag kommt und jemand diese Übung ein ganzes Jahr lang bewahrt—den Liṅga nach Vorschrift badet und ihn ordnungsgemäß verehrt—dann gelangt auch dieser Sterbliche zur Befreiung. Dies, ihr Lieben, habe ich aus der Überlieferung vernommen.

Word by Word
सोमस्यof Soma (Moon/Monday)
सोमस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootsoma (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन
दिवसेon the day
दिवसे:
Adhikarana (Time locus)
TypeNoun
Rootdivasa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन
प्राप्तेwhen (it) has arrived
प्राप्ते:
Adhikarana (Locative absolute)
TypeAdjective
Rootprāp (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध (locative absolute: ‘when (the day) has come’)
वर्षम्for a year
वर्षम्:
Karma (Extent)
TypeNoun
Rootvarṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कालपरिमाणवाचक
यावत्as long as
यावत्:
Kriya-visheshana (Extent)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyāvat (अव्यय/संबन्ध-शब्द)
Formअव्यय, परिमाण/अवधिवाचक (as long as/for the extent of)
कृत-क्षणःone who has undertaken the observance
कृत-क्षणः:
Karta (Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootkṛta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (‘कृतः क्षणो येन’ = one who has made/undertaken the observance/time)
तस्यof him/for him
तस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन
पूजाम्worship
पूजाम्:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootpūjā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
करोतिdoes/performs
करोति:
Kriya (Action)
TypeVerb
Rootkṛ (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद
एवम्thus
एवम्:
Kriya-visheshana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootevam (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, प्रकारवाचक
स्नापयित्वाhaving caused (it) to be bathed
स्नापयित्वा:
Purvakala-kriya
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsnā (धातु, णिच्) + त्वा
Formणिजन्त-क्त्वान्त अव्यय (causative gerund)
विधानतःaccording to the prescribed rule
विधानतः:
Kriya-visheshana (Manner)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvidhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb), ‘विधानेन/विधानानुसारम्’ इत्यर्थे
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
अपिalso
अपि:
Emphasis (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, अप्यर्थे (also/even)
मुक्तिम्liberation
मुक्तिम्:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootmukti (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
व्रजेत्would go to/attain
व्रजेत्:
Kriya (Result action)
TypeVerb
Rootvraj (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद
मर्त्यः(that) mortal
मर्त्यः:
Karta (Subject, apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootmartya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karma (Object of ‘श्रुतम्’)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
तातात्from (my) father/elder (dear father)
तातात्:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Roottāta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; संबोधनार्थे ‘तात’ इति शब्दः, अत्र पञ्चमीप्रयोगः (from father/elder)
मयाby me
मया:
Karana (Agent in passive)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-प्रयोगः, तृतीया, एकवचन
श्रुतम्heard
श्रुतम्:
Kriya (Implied passive predicate: ‘was heard’)
TypeAdjective
Rootśru (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘एतत्’ इति विशेषण/विधेय
Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Addressed audience (‘tātāḥ’/dear ones; likely brāhmaṇas/disciples)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee marking Mondays across the year: each Somavāra he bathes the liṅga, offers bilva leaves and lamps, following prescribed steps; a subtle cycle of seasons passes in the background, ending in serene liberation symbolism.

Characters & Entities
S
Soma-vāra (Monday)
Ś
Śiva (liṅga)
M
Mukti
V
Vidhāna (ritual rule)

FAQs

Disciplined, rule-based devotion—especially on Mondays—practised steadily, is praised as a direct path to liberation.

The merit is connected to worship of the liṅga described in this Tīrthamāhātmya; a distinct place-name is not given in the excerpt.

On Mondays, continue the observance up to a year: bathe the liṅga and perform worship according to prescribed procedure (vidhāna).

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