Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

श्रीभगवानुवाच । माघमासे चतुर्द्दश्यां कृष्णपक्षे सदा मम । सांनिध्यं च विशेषेण ह्रदे लिंगे भविष्यति

Transliteration

śrībhagavānuvāca | māghamāse caturddaśyāṃ kṛṣṇapakṣe sadā mama | sāṃnidhyaṃ ca viśeṣeṇa hrade liṃge bhaviṣyati

Translation

The Blessed Lord said: “In the month of Māgha, on the fourteenth lunar day of the dark fortnight (kṛṣṇa-pakṣa), My presence will be found in a special manner—at this lake and at this liṅga.”

Word by Word

• śrībhagavān: the Blessed Lord
• śrībhagavān: Karta (Speaker/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī + bhagavat (श्री + भगवत् प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (Speech act)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• māghamāse: in the month of Māgha
• māghamāse: Adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māgha + māsa (माघ + मास प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• caturdaśyām: on the fourteenth lunar day
• caturdaśyām: Adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caturdaśī (चतुर्दशी प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• kṛṣṇapakṣe: in the dark fortnight
• kṛṣṇapakṣe: Adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa + pakṣa (कृष्ण + पक्ष प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (सदा अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (always)

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• sāṃnidhyam: presence
• sāṃnidhyam: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāṃnidhya (सान्निध्य प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (च अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• viśeṣeṇa: especially
• viśeṣeṇa: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner; especially)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśeṣa (विशेष प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; रीति/प्रकारवाचक

• hrade: in the lake
• hrade: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hrada (ह्रद प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• liṅge: in the liṅga
• liṅge: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (लिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• bhaviṣyati: will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriyā (Main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Śrī Bhagavān (Śiva, contextually)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhadrakarṇa-hrada and Bhadrakarṇa-liṅga

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhadrakarṇa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Lord declares a special manifestation on Māgha dark-fortnight fourteenth: the lake glows, the liṅga radiates, and pilgrims gather under a night sky suggestive of caturdaśī.

Characters & Entities

• Māgha
• Kṛṣṇa-pakṣa
• Caturdaśī
• Hrada (sacred lake)
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred time (tithi and month) intensifies sacred place: certain days uniquely magnify divine accessibility at a tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Bhadrakarṇa-associated lake (hrada) on Arbuda and the liṅga established there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observance and worship focused on Māgha month, kṛṣṇa-pakṣa caturdaśī, at the lake and liṅga.