Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन तस्मिन्काले विशेषतः । स्नात्वा तत्र शुभे तीर्थै शक्रेश्वरमथाऽर्चयेत्

Transliteration

tasmātsarvaprayatnena tasminkāle viśeṣataḥ | snātvā tatra śubhe tīrthai śakreśvaramathā'rcayet

Translation

Darum soll man mit allem Eifer, besonders zu jener Zeit,—nachdem man dort in jenem glückverheißenden Tīrtha gebadet hat, sodann Śakreśvara, den Herrn Śakras, verehren.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात्-इत्यव्ययप्रयोगः (ablatival adverb: ‘therefore/from that’)

• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: with all effort
• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + प्रयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया); एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (सर्वः प्रयत्नः)

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी); एकवचन

• काले: time
• काले: Adhikarana (Time-locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी); एकवचन

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: ‘especially’)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकाले क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकालिकक्रिया (having bathed)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Adverbial locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• शुभे: auspicious
• शुभे: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी); एकवचन; (विशेषणम्—तीर्थे [अध्याहृत])

• तीर्थैः: by/with (those) tīrthas
• तीर्थैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया); बहुवचन

• शक्रेश्वरम्: Śakreśvara (Lord Śiva as ‘Lord of Śakra’)
• शक्रेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया); एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (शक्रस्य ईश्वरः/शक्रेश्वरः)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then/now)

• अर्चयेत्: should worship
• अर्चयेत्: Kriya (Injunctive action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधि); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śakreśvara-tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotee emerges from the tīrtha, dripping water, approaches a Śiva shrine labeled Śakreśvara; offers bilva, water, lamp; Indra’s presence suggested in the sky as a blessing.

Characters & Entities

• Śakreśvara (Śiva)
• Śakra (Indra)
• Bālamaṇḍana (implied tīrtha)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification (snāna) should culminate in devotion (arcana); tīrtha practice is completed through worship of the presiding deity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The auspicious Bālamaṇḍana tīrtha and the associated Śakreśvara shrine.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathe in the tīrtha at the specified auspicious period and then worship Śakreśvara.