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

Quiconque, au huitième ou au quatorzième jour lunaire, baigne ce liṅga qui est le Mien avec une dévotion sincère, verra son péché chassé au loin.

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.