Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

विश्वामित्रेश्वरं नाम सर्वेषां स फलं लभेत् । नभस्यस्य सिताष्टम्यां सर्वेषां लभते फलम्

Transliteration

viśvāmitreśvaraṃ nāma sarveṣāṃ sa phalaṃ labhet | nabhasyasya sitāṣṭamyāṃ sarveṣāṃ labhate phalam

Translation

Ce Śiva est nommé Viśvāmitreśvara ; par son culte et son darśana, on obtient le fruit de tout. Au huitième tithi de la quinzaine claire du mois Nabhasya (Bhādrapada), on gagne le fruit de tous les mérites.

Word by Word

• विश्वामित्रेश्वरम्: Viśvāmitreśvara
• विश्वामित्रेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वामित्र + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (विश्वामित्रस्य ईश्वरः)

• नाम: by name
• नाम: Sambandha/Name-marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात; 'named/called')

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• लभेत्: would obtain/should obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• नभस्यस्य: of Nabhasya (month)
• नभस्यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नभस्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (मास-नाम)

• सिता-अष्टम्याम्: on the bright eighth (tithi)
• सिता-अष्टम्याम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिता (प्रातिपदिक) + अष्टमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (सिता अष्टमी = शुक्लाष्टमी)

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present indicative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Viśvāmitra (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Viśvāmitreśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A liṅga shrine labeled Viśvāmitreśvara, with an image of sage Viśvāmitra in austerity nearby; devotees arrive on a bright aṣṭamī, carrying bilva and lamps, seeking ‘sarva-phala’.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāmitreśvara
• Bhādrapada (Nabhasya)
• Śuklāṣṭamī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred time (tithi) amplifies sacred place: worship of Viśvāmitreśvara on an auspicious bright eighth is praised as yielding comprehensive merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Viśvāmitreśvara—Śiva associated with Viśvāmitra—within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha-cycle.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observance/worship focused on Bhādrapada (Nabhasya) bright aṣṭamī, aimed at obtaining ‘sarva-phala’ (all-round merit).