Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

श्रीभगवानुवाच । माघमासे चतुर्द्दश्यां कृष्णपक्षे सदा मम । सांनिध्यं च विशेषेण ह्रदे लिंगे भविष्यति

Transliteration

śrībhagavānuvāca | māghamāse caturddaśyāṃ kṛṣṇapakṣe sadā mama | sāṃnidhyaṃ ca viśeṣeṇa hrade liṃge bhaviṣyati

Translation

श्रीभगवान बोले—माघ मास के कृष्णपक्ष की चतुर्दशी को मेरा सान्निध्य विशेष रूप से इस ह्रद और इस लिंग में प्रकट होगा।

Word by Word

• śrībhagavān: the Blessed Lord
• śrībhagavān: Karta (Speaker/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī + bhagavat (श्री + भगवत् प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (Speech act)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• māghamāse: in the month of Māgha
• māghamāse: Adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māgha + māsa (माघ + मास प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• caturdaśyām: on the fourteenth lunar day
• caturdaśyām: Adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caturdaśī (चतुर्दशी प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• kṛṣṇapakṣe: in the dark fortnight
• kṛṣṇapakṣe: Adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa + pakṣa (कृष्ण + पक्ष प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (सदा अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (always)

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• sāṃnidhyam: presence
• sāṃnidhyam: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāṃnidhya (सान्निध्य प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (च अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• viśeṣeṇa: especially
• viśeṣeṇa: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner; especially)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśeṣa (विशेष प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; रीति/प्रकारवाचक

• hrade: in the lake
• hrade: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hrada (ह्रद प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• liṅge: in the liṅga
• liṅge: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (लिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• bhaviṣyati: will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriyā (Main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Śrī Bhagavān (Śiva, contextually)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhadrakarṇa-hrada and Bhadrakarṇa-liṅga

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhadrakarṇa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Lord declares a special manifestation on Māgha dark-fortnight fourteenth: the lake glows, the liṅga radiates, and pilgrims gather under a night sky suggestive of caturdaśī.

Characters & Entities

• Māgha
• Kṛṣṇa-pakṣa
• Caturdaśī
• Hrada (sacred lake)
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred time (tithi and month) intensifies sacred place: certain days uniquely magnify divine accessibility at a tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Bhadrakarṇa-associated lake (hrada) on Arbuda and the liṅga established there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observance and worship focused on Māgha month, kṛṣṇa-pakṣa caturdaśī, at the lake and liṅga.