Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

यस्तयोर्विधिवत्स्नानं कृत्वा पूजयते नरः । शूद्रकेश्वरसंज्ञं च लिंगं श्रद्धासमन्वितः

Transliteration

yastayorvidhivatsnānaṃ kṛtvā pūjayate naraḥ | śūdrakeśvarasaṃjñaṃ ca liṃgaṃ śraddhāsamanvitaḥ

Translation

Whoever, after bathing in due rite at those holy waters, worships with faith the Liṅga called Śūdrakeśvara—

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (relative pronoun)

• तयोः: of those two (rivers)
• तयोः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, द्विवचन (genitive dual)

• विधिवत्: according to proper rite
• विधिवत्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vidhi + vat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): ‘according to rule/ritually’

• स्नानम्: bath
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having performed
• कृत्वा: Kriya (Non-finite verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund): ‘having done’

• पूजयते: worships
• पूजयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• शूद्रकेश्वरसंज्ञम्: named ‘Śūdrakeśvara’
• शूद्रकेश्वरसंज्ञम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śūdra + īśvara + saṃjñā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘Śūdrakeśvara’-नामक (named Śūdrakeśvara)

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

• लिङ्गम्: the liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• श्रद्धासमन्वितः: endowed with faith
• श्रद्धासमन्वितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śraddhā + samanvita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः—‘śraddhayā samanvitaḥ’ (endowed with faith)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Māhātmya narrative style within Skanda Purāṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śūdrakeśvara

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims descend stone steps to bathe; after drying and donning clean cloth, they approach the Śūdrakeśvara liṅga with offerings—water-pot, bilva leaves, incense—hands folded in faith.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṅgā
• Yamunā
• Śūdrakeśvara
• Śiva (Liṅga)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faithful worship after proper tīrtha-bathing is upheld as a complete religious act leading to spiritual purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śūdrakeśvara Liṅga at the Gaṅgā–Yamunā sacred waters (confluence-region tīrtha).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform vidhivat snāna (ritual bathing) and then pūjā (worship) of the Śūdrakeśvara liṅga with śraddhā.