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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

बालमंडनके स्नात्वा शक्रेश्वरमथेक्षयेत् । यः पुमानाश्विने मासि प्राप्ते श्रवण पञ्चके । स पापैर्मुच्यते सर्वैराजन्ममरणाद्भुवि

Transliteration

bālamaṃḍanake snātvā śakreśvaramathekṣayet | yaḥ pumānāśvine māsi prāpte śravaṇa pañcake | sa pāpairmucyate sarvairājanmamaraṇādbhuvi

Translation

Nachdem man in Bālamaṇḍana gebadet hat, soll man darauf Śakreśvara schauen. Wer dies im Monat Āśvina tut, wenn das «Śravaṇa-pañcaka» eingetroffen ist, wird auf Erden von allen Sünden befreit – von der Geburt bis zum Tod.

Word by Word
बालमण्डनकेat Bālamaṇḍanaka (tīrtha/place)
बालमण्डनके:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootबालमण्डनक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative of place)
स्नात्वाhaving bathed
स्नात्वा:
Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वकर्म)
TypeVerb
Rootस्ना (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल (having done)
शक्रेश्वरम्Śakreśvara (name of deity/linga)
शक्रेश्वरम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootशक्रेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म (object)
अथthen
अथ:
Sambandha (Discourse connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अनुक्रम/अनन्तरार्थक (then/thereafter)
ईक्षयेत्should behold/see
ईक्षयेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootईक्ष् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
यःwho (he who)
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)
पुमान्a man
पुमान्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपुमांस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्ता
आश्विनेin the Āśvina (month)
आश्विने:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootआश्विन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; 'मासि' इत्यस्य विशेषण
मासिin the month
मासि:
Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमास (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; कालाधिकरण (time-locative)
प्राप्तेwhen (it has) arrived
प्राप्ते:
Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सति-सप्तमी)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्र-आप् (धातु)
Formक्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)
श्रवणŚravaṇa (nakṣatra)
श्रवण:
Samasa-anga (Compound member)
TypeNoun
Rootश्रवण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समासपूर्वपद (name of nakṣatra)
पञ्चकेin the five-day period (pañcaka)
पञ्चके:
Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootपञ्चक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; 'श्रवणपञ्चके' इति समासार्थे कालाधिकरण
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; अन्वय-प्रदर्शक (correlative pronoun)
पापैःfrom sins
पापैः:
Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootपाप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; अपादानार्थे/हेतौ (from/by sins)
मुच्यतेis freed
मुच्यते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootमुच् (धातु)
Formलट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)
सर्वैःall
सर्वैः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; 'पापैः' इत्यस्य विशेषण
आ-जन्य-मरणात्from (the cycle of) birth and death
आ-जन्य-मरणात्:
Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootआ-जन्य-मरण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; अपादान (from birth-and-death [cycle])
भुविon earth
भुवि:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootभू (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (on earth)
Speaker

Sūta (quoting Nārada)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bālamaṇḍana; Śakreśvara (darśana)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim completes a river/pond bath at Bālamaṇḍana, wrings wet cloth, applies tilaka, then walks with folded hands toward a Śiva-liṅga shrine of Śakreśvara; autumnal Āśvina light, temple flags, and a small procession atmosphere.

Characters & Entities
B
Bālamaṇḍana (Tīrtha)
Ś
Śakreśvara (Śiva)
Ā
Āśvina (month)
Ś
Śravaṇa-pañcaka

FAQs

When undertaken at the right sacred time, tīrtha-bathing joined with Śiva-darśana is portrayed as a total life-long purification.

Bālamaṇḍana tīrtha and the Śakreśvara shrine associated with it.

Bathe at Bālamaṇḍana and take darśana of Śakreśvara, especially in Āśvina during the Śravaṇa-pañcaka period.

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