Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

विश्वामित्रेश्वरं नाम सर्वेषां स फलं लभेत् । नभस्यस्य सिताष्टम्यां सर्वेषां लभते फलम्

Transliteration

viśvāmitreśvaraṃ nāma sarveṣāṃ sa phalaṃ labhet | nabhasyasya sitāṣṭamyāṃ sarveṣāṃ labhate phalam

Translation

Jener Śiva heißt Viśvāmitreśvara; durch Verehrung und Darśana erlangt man die Frucht von allem. Am hellen achten Tithi des Monats Nabhasya (Bhādrapada) gewinnt man die Frucht aller Verdienste.

Word by Word

• विश्वामित्रेश्वरम्: Viśvāmitreśvara
• विश्वामित्रेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वामित्र + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (विश्वामित्रस्य ईश्वरः)

• नाम: by name
• नाम: Sambandha/Name-marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात; 'named/called')

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• लभेत्: would obtain/should obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• नभस्यस्य: of Nabhasya (month)
• नभस्यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नभस्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (मास-नाम)

• सिता-अष्टम्याम्: on the bright eighth (tithi)
• सिता-अष्टम्याम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिता (प्रातिपदिक) + अष्टमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (सिता अष्टमी = शुक्लाष्टमी)

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present indicative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Viśvāmitra (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Viśvāmitreśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A liṅga shrine labeled Viśvāmitreśvara, with an image of sage Viśvāmitra in austerity nearby; devotees arrive on a bright aṣṭamī, carrying bilva and lamps, seeking ‘sarva-phala’.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāmitreśvara
• Bhādrapada (Nabhasya)
• Śuklāṣṭamī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred time (tithi) amplifies sacred place: worship of Viśvāmitreśvara on an auspicious bright eighth is praised as yielding comprehensive merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Viśvāmitreśvara—Śiva associated with Viśvāmitra—within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha-cycle.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observance/worship focused on Bhādrapada (Nabhasya) bright aṣṭamī, aimed at obtaining ‘sarva-phala’ (all-round merit).