Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

पूजयेच्च नरो भक्त्या सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते । अष्टम्यां च चतुर्दश्यां माघमासे विशेषतः

Transliteration

pūjayecca naro bhaktyā sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate | aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ māghamāse viśeṣataḥ

Translation

Quien rinde culto con devoción queda liberado de todos los pecados, especialmente si lo hace en el octavo y el decimocuarto día lunar, y muy en particular en el mes de Māgha.

Word by Word

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

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

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/भाव), एकवचन

• सर्वपापैः: from all sins
• सर्वपापैः: Apadana (Ablative/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), बहुवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (सर्वाणि पापानि)

• प्रमुच्यते: is freed (is released)
• प्रमुच्यते: Kriyā (Result/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive sense)

• अष्टम्याम्: on the eighth (lunar day)
• अष्टम्याम्: Adhikarana (Locus/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

• चतुर्दश्याम्: on the fourteenth (lunar day)
• चतुर्दश्याम्: Adhikarana (Locus/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• माघमासे: in the month of Māgha
• माघमासे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माघ + मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (माघस्य मासः)

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Adverbial (Kriyāviśeṣaṇa/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: especially)

Speaker

Unspecified (Purāṇic narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Indreśvara (Dharmāraṇya)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: rājendra (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nightfall temple worship on Caturdaśī/Pradoṣa-like ambience: devotees queue with lamps, flowers, incense; a lunar calendar motif (crescent moon, tithi marks) subtly frames the sanctum; Māgha coolness suggested by mist.

Characters & Entities

• Indreśvara
• Māgha (month)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Bhakti-filled worship, timed with sacred lunar days, is taught as a powerful means of moral and karmic purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Indreśvara/Indratīrtha setting within Dharmāraṇya is implied by the chapter’s flow.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform Śiva worship, especially on Aṣṭamī and Caturdaśī in Māgha.