Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

कपिलाया महावीर सर्वपापविशुद्धये । आषाढे मुनिपुष्पैश्च पूजयेद्भास्करं नृप

Transliteration

kapilāyā mahāvīra sarvapāpaviśuddhaye | āṣāḍhe munipuṣpaiśca pūjayedbhāskaraṃ nṛpa

Translation

O großer Held, zur Läuterung von allen Sünden soll (der Ritus) mit der Kapilā (falbfarbene Kuh/Kapilā-Opfergabe) vollzogen werden. Im Monat Āṣāḍha, o König, verehre Bhāskara mit Muni-Blüten.

Word by Word

• kapilāyāḥ: of Kapilā (name/epithet)
• kapilāyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kapilā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• mahā-vīra: O great hero
• mahā-vīra: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक/उपसर्गवत्) + vīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (mahān vīraḥ)

• sarva-pāpa-viśuddhaye: for purification from all sins
• sarva-pāpa-viśuddhaye: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + viśuddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (sarveṣāṃ pāpānāṃ viśuddhiḥ) + प्रयोजन-चतुर्थी (for the purpose)

• āṣāḍhe: in (the month of) Āṣāḍha
• āṣāḍhe: Adhikarana (Time-locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āṣāḍha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; काल-अधिकरण (locative of time)

• muni-puṣpaiḥ: with sage-flowers (muni-flowers)
• muni-puṣpaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक) + puṣpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (munīnāṃ puṣpāṇi)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• pūjayet: should worship
• pūjayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pūj (पूज्, धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष? (actually 3rd person), एकवचन; विधि/आज्ञार्थः ‘should worship’

• bhāskaram: the Sun (Bhāskara)
• bhāskaram: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāskara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• nṛpa: O king
• nṛpa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; instructional tone addressing nṛpa/mahāvīra)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Āṣāḍha season: cloudy monsoon sky, a Sūrya shrine glowing; a kapilā cow stands near the altar as the king offers muni-flowers to Bhāskara.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāskara
• Āṣāḍha
• Kapilā
• Muni-puṣpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma links time, offering, and merit: month-specific worship is presented as a means to cleanse sin and strengthen devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse continues a ritual calendar within a Tīrtha-māhātmya context; it does not specify a named tīrtha in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

For Āṣāḍha, worship Bhāskara with muni-flowers; the verse also associates kapilā-related observance with purification from sins.