Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 127

Devanagari script

माघे चतुर्दश्यष्टम्यां सोमवारे च पर्वणि । स्नात्वा सरसि योऽभ्यर्च्य लिंगमेतच्छिवं व्रजेत्

Transliteration

māghe caturdaśyaṣṭamyāṃ somavāre ca parvaṇi | snātvā sarasi yo'bhyarcya liṃgametacchivaṃ vrajet

Translation

Au mois de Māgha — le quatorzième ou le huitième jour lunaire, et aussi lors d’un lundi de fête — quiconque se baigne dans le lac et vénère ce Liṅga parvient à Śiva (atteint l’état de Śiva).

Word by Word

• माघे: in (the month of) Māgha
• माघे: अधिकरण (Time-locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Locative singular; कालवाचक (time)

• चतुर्दश्यष्टम्याम्: on the fourteenth and eighth (tithis)
• चतुर्दश्यष्टम्याम्: अधिकरण (Time-locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दशी + अष्टमी (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Locative singular; द्वन्द्वसमास (copulative)

• सोमवारे: on Monday
• सोमवारे: अधिकरण (Time-locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमवार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Locative singular; वारवाचक

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• पर्वणि: on a festival/holy day
• पर्वणि: अधिकरण (Time-locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Locative singular

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: क्रियाविशेषण (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वक्रिया — having bathed

• सरसि: in a lake
• सरसि: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Locative singular

• यः: who
• यः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Relative pronoun, nominative singular

• अभ्यर्च्य: having worshipped
• अभ्यर्च्य: क्रियाविशेषण (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) — having worshipped

• लिङ्गम्: the liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: विशेषण (Qualifier of कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Demonstrative agreeing with लिङ्गम्

• शिवम्: auspicious / of Śiva
• शिवम्: विशेषण (Qualifier of कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Adjective agreeing with लिङ्गम्

• व्रजेत्: should go/attain
• व्रजेत्: क्रिया (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन — should go/attain

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahākāla-associated saras and liṅga (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at dawn in Māgha bathe in a lotus-filled lake; nearby stands a radiant Śiva-liṅga shrine. A devotee offers bilva leaves and water, while the sky suggests a festival parvan and the calm of somavāra.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Liṅga
• Māgha
• Somavāra
• Saras (sacred lake)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred timing plus tīrtha-bathing and liṅga-worship culminate in the highest goal—union with Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A saras (sacred lake) associated with the liṅga-kṣetra of Adhyāya 40 is glorified as a liberating bathing spot.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathe in the lake and worship the liṅga in Māgha on Aṣṭamī/Caturdaśī, especially on Mondays and festival days.