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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

सोमस्य दिवसे प्राप्ते वर्षं यावत्कृतक्षणः । तस्य पूजां करोत्येवं स्नापयित्वा विधानतः । सोऽपि मुक्तिं व्रजेन्मर्त्य एतत्तातान्मया श्रुतम्

Transliteration

somasya divase prāpte varṣaṃ yāvatkṛtakṣaṇaḥ | tasya pūjāṃ karotyevaṃ snāpayitvā vidhānataḥ | so'pi muktiṃ vrajenmartya etattātānmayā śrutam

Translation

Lorsque vient le lundi, si quelqu’un garde cette observance durant une année—et, après avoir baigné le liṅga selon le rite, lui rend un culte conforme à la règle—ce mortel aussi parvient à la délivrance. Cela, chers amis, je l’ai entendu de la tradition.

Word by Word
सोमस्यof Soma (Moon/Monday)
सोमस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootsoma (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन
दिवसेon the day
दिवसे:
Adhikarana (Time locus)
TypeNoun
Rootdivasa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन
प्राप्तेwhen (it) has arrived
प्राप्ते:
Adhikarana (Locative absolute)
TypeAdjective
Rootprāp (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध (locative absolute: ‘when (the day) has come’)
वर्षम्for a year
वर्षम्:
Karma (Extent)
TypeNoun
Rootvarṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कालपरिमाणवाचक
यावत्as long as
यावत्:
Kriya-visheshana (Extent)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyāvat (अव्यय/संबन्ध-शब्द)
Formअव्यय, परिमाण/अवधिवाचक (as long as/for the extent of)
कृत-क्षणःone who has undertaken the observance
कृत-क्षणः:
Karta (Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootkṛta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (‘कृतः क्षणो येन’ = one who has made/undertaken the observance/time)
तस्यof him/for him
तस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन
पूजाम्worship
पूजाम्:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootpūjā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
करोतिdoes/performs
करोति:
Kriya (Action)
TypeVerb
Rootkṛ (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद
एवम्thus
एवम्:
Kriya-visheshana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootevam (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, प्रकारवाचक
स्नापयित्वाhaving caused (it) to be bathed
स्नापयित्वा:
Purvakala-kriya
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsnā (धातु, णिच्) + त्वा
Formणिजन्त-क्त्वान्त अव्यय (causative gerund)
विधानतःaccording to the prescribed rule
विधानतः:
Kriya-visheshana (Manner)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvidhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb), ‘विधानेन/विधानानुसारम्’ इत्यर्थे
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
अपिalso
अपि:
Emphasis (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, अप्यर्थे (also/even)
मुक्तिम्liberation
मुक्तिम्:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootmukti (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
व्रजेत्would go to/attain
व्रजेत्:
Kriya (Result action)
TypeVerb
Rootvraj (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद
मर्त्यः(that) mortal
मर्त्यः:
Karta (Subject, apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootmartya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karma (Object of ‘श्रुतम्’)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
तातात्from (my) father/elder (dear father)
तातात्:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Roottāta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; संबोधनार्थे ‘तात’ इति शब्दः, अत्र पञ्चमीप्रयोगः (from father/elder)
मयाby me
मया:
Karana (Agent in passive)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-प्रयोगः, तृतीया, एकवचन
श्रुतम्heard
श्रुतम्:
Kriya (Implied passive predicate: ‘was heard’)
TypeAdjective
Rootśru (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘एतत्’ इति विशेषण/विधेय
Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Addressed audience (‘tātāḥ’/dear ones; likely brāhmaṇas/disciples)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee marking Mondays across the year: each Somavāra he bathes the liṅga, offers bilva leaves and lamps, following prescribed steps; a subtle cycle of seasons passes in the background, ending in serene liberation symbolism.

Characters & Entities
S
Soma-vāra (Monday)
Ś
Śiva (liṅga)
M
Mukti
V
Vidhāna (ritual rule)

FAQs

Disciplined, rule-based devotion—especially on Mondays—practised steadily, is praised as a direct path to liberation.

The merit is connected to worship of the liṅga described in this Tīrthamāhātmya; a distinct place-name is not given in the excerpt.

On Mondays, continue the observance up to a year: bathe the liṅga and perform worship according to prescribed procedure (vidhāna).

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