Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

संमार्जनं च कुर्वंति नरा ये च शिवांगणे । ते वै शिवपुरं प्राप्य जगद्वंद्या भग्सि च

Transliteration

saṃmārjanaṃ ca kurvaṃti narā ye ca śivāṃgaṇe | te vai śivapuraṃ prāpya jagadvaṃdyā bhagsi ca

Translation

Ceux qui balaient et nettoient la cour de Śiva atteignent en vérité la cité de Śiva, et deviennent aussi dignes de vénération dans le monde.

Word by Word

• संमार्जनम्: cleaning, sweeping
• संमार्जनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम् + मृज् (धातु) → संमार्जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात

• कुर्वन्ति: do, perform
• कुर्वन्ति: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• नराः: men, people
• नराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Relative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात

• शिवाङ्गणे: in Śiva’s courtyard/precinct
• शिवाङ्गणे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव + अङ्गण (प्रातिपदिक); components: शिव(प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्गण(प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणार्थे (location)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Correlative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; तद्-प्रत्यय (correlative pronoun)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• शिवपुरम्: Śiva’s city/abode
• शिवपुरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव + पुर (प्रातिपदिक); components: शिव(प्रातिपदिक) + पुर(प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• प्राप्य: having reached
• प्राप्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Converb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु) → प्राप्य (ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त-समकक्ष)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त (ल्यप्/absolutive), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having attained)

• जगद्वन्द्याः: worshipped by the world
• जगद्वन्द्याः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जगत् + वन्द्य (प्रातिपदिक); components: जगत्(प्रातिपदिक) + वन्द्य(कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक from वन्द्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ते); ‘जगता वन्द्याः’ (worthy of worship by the world)

• भस्मि: in ashes (as sacred ash)
• भस्मि: Adhikaraṇa (State/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भस्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण/अवस्थार्थे; पाठभेदसम्भवः: ‘भस्मि’ (in ashes)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात

Speaker

Lomaśa (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śiva-pura (Śiva’s city) as fruit; service performed in Śiva’s aṅgaṇa

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrims/householders (implicit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees sweep and clean the temple courtyard with brooms, dust pans, and water pots; Śiva’s shrine stands luminous; the act is shown as sacred, not mundane.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Śivapura

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Humble temple service is exalted; even simple acts like cleaning become powerful bhakti leading to Śiva’s realm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Śiva precinct within the Kedāra sacred complex (Kedārakhaṇḍa’s Śiva-kṣetra setting).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Saṃmārjana (sweeping/cleaning) of Śiva’s courtyard/temple premises as a meritorious act of sevā.