Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

यस्तान्पूजयते भक्त्या स्थापयित्वा सुरेश्वरान् । चैत्रशुक्लचतुर्दश्यां जपेच्च शतरुद्रियम्

Transliteration

yastānpūjayate bhaktyā sthāpayitvā sureśvarān | caitraśuklacaturdaśyāṃ japecca śatarudriyam

Translation

Quiconque, après avoir dûment établi ces seigneurs des dieux, les vénère avec dévotion, et, le quatorzième jour de la quinzaine claire de Caitra, récite le Śatarudrīya—

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• tān: them
• tān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• pūjayate: worships
• pūjayate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• sthāpayitvā: having installed/placed
• sthāpayitvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु) णिच् (causative) + त्वा
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वक्रिया

• sura-īśvarān: lords of the gods
• sura-īśvarān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सुराणाम् ईश्वराः)

• caitra-śukla-caturdaśyām: on the 14th day of the bright fortnight of Caitra
• caitra-śukla-caturdaśyām: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caitra (प्रातिपदिक) + śukla (प्रातिपदिक) + caturdaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (चैत्रस्य शुक्लपक्षस्य चतुर्दशी)

• japet: should recite
• japet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jap (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

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

• śata-rudriyam: the Śatarudriya (hymn)
• śata-rudriyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śata (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + rudriya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (शतं रुद्रियं/रुद्रियपाठः)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta in Tīrtha-māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijottama

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ritual scene: eleven Rudra emblems/lingas are installed in a single mandala; lamps blaze on Caitra śukla caturdaśī night; a priest/devotee recites Śatarudrīya from a palm-leaf manuscript while offering bilva leaves and water.

Characters & Entities

• Ekādaśa Rudras
• Caitra Śukla Caturdaśī
• Śatarudrīya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion (bhakti) combined with correct ritual order—installation, worship, and mantra-recitation—intensifies the fruit of tīrtha practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The site is the “kṣetra” described in Adhyāya 155 of Nāgara-khaṇḍa; this verse itself does not name it explicitly.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Install (sthāpana) and worship the divine lords (Rudras), and recite the Śatarudrīya on Caitra bright fortnight Caturdaśī (14th tithi).