Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

अष्टम्यां च चतुर्दश्यां यो लिंगं मामकं त्विदम् । स्नापयिष्यति सद्भक्त्या तस्य पापं प्रयास्यति

Transliteration

aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ yo liṃgaṃ māmakaṃ tvidam | snāpayiṣyati sadbhaktyā tasya pāpaṃ prayāsyati

Translation

Quien, en el octavo o en el decimocuarto día lunar, bañe este liṅga Mío con sincera devoción, verá cómo su pecado es expulsado.

Word by Word

• अष्टम्याम्: on the eighth (lunar day)
• अष्टम्याम्: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Locative, Singular)

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

• चतुर्दश्याम्: on the fourteenth (lunar day)
• चतुर्दश्याम्: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Locative, Singular)

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular; relative pronoun)

• लिङ्गम्: the liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• मामकम्: my, belonging to me
• मामकम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मामक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (Neuter, Accusative, Singular; qualifying लिङ्गम्)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक (particle; but/indeed)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (Apposition/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular; demonstrative pronoun)

• स्नापयिष्यति: will cause to bathe / will bathe (it)
• स्नापयिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्/Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (Future, 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada; causative)

• सद्भक्त्या: with true devotion
• सद्भक्त्या: Karaṇa (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्-भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक; सत् + भक्ति)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Instrumental, Singular)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Genitive, Singular)

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nominative, Singular)

• प्रयास्यति: will depart, will be removed
• प्रयास्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-या (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्/Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (Future, 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada)

Speaker

Śiva (implied, speaking of 'My liṅga')

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Yājñavalkyeśvara (māmaka-liṅga)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees on aṣṭamī and caturdaśī pour sanctified water over the liṅga with folded hands; lamps flicker, priests chant, and the liṅga glistens with abhiṣeka streams symbolizing sin washing away.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional worship (bhakti) expressed through liṅga-snāna has the power to dissolve accumulated sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra setting within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (Yājñavalkyeśvara context).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing (snāna/abhiṣeka) of Śiva’s liṅga specifically on Aṣṭamī and Caturdaśī tithis, performed with sincere devotion.