Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

स्वंस्वं भवनमाजग्मुर्विमानैः सूर्यसन्निभैः । तथाऽषाढे शुक्लपक्षे चतुर्दश्यां महेश्वरः

Transliteration

svaṃsvaṃ bhavanamājagmurvimānaiḥ sūryasannibhaiḥ | tathā'ṣāḍhe śuklapakṣe caturdaśyāṃ maheśvaraḥ

Translation

Chacun regagna sa demeure sur des vimānas resplendissants comme le soleil. Puis, au mois d’Āṣāḍha, le quatorzième jour de la quinzaine claire, Maheśvara (Śiva)…

Word by Word

• स्वम्: one's own
• स्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (to भवनम्)

• स्वम्: (each) his own
• स्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (each his own)

• भवनम्: abode, house
• भवनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आजग्मुः: went, came
• आजग्मुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• विमानैः: by aerial chariots
• विमानैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• सूर्यसन्निभैः: sun-like, resembling the sun
• सूर्यसन्निभैः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सूर्य + सन्निभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (सूर्य इव सन्निभाः) विशेषण (to विमानैः)

• तथा: then
• तथा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), ‘thus/then’

• आषाढे: in (the month of) Āṣāḍha
• आषाढे: Kala-adhikarana (Time-locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आषाढ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (मास-नाम)

• शुक्लपक्षे: in the bright fortnight
• शुक्लपक्षे: Kala-adhikarana (Time-locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्ल + पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (शुक्लः पक्षः)

• चतुर्दश्याम्: on the fourteenth lunar day
• चतुर्दश्याम्: Kala-adhikarana (Time-locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (तिथि-नाम)

• महेश्वरः: Maheśvara (Śiva)
• महेश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mandara-parvata (contextual)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas depart to their celestial homes in sun-bright vimānas; the narration then shifts to the auspicious date—Āṣāḍha bright fortnight, fourteenth—when Maheśvara prepares for the next act.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśvara (Śiva)
• Āṣāḍha (month)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma emphasizes auspicious timing—specific lunar days and months are sanctified for seeing and serving Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This line primarily sets the calendrical scene (Āṣāḍha bright fortnight, 14th day); the tīrtha is contextual within the chapter rather than explicitly named here.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observance keyed to Āṣāḍha-śukla-caturdaśī is implied as an auspicious day connected to Maheśvara’s activity.