Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

यस्तन्माघचतुर्दश्यां पूजयेच्छ्रद्धयान्वितः । न तस्य जायते किंचिद्दुःखं संतानसंभवम्

Transliteration

yastanmāghacaturdaśyāṃ pūjayecchraddhayānvitaḥ | na tasya jāyate kiṃcidduḥkhaṃ saṃtānasaṃbhavam

Translation

Siapa pun yang memuja liṅga itu pada hari keempat belas bulan Māgha dengan penuh śraddhā, baginya tidak akan lahir sedikit pun duka yang bersumber dari keturunan.

Word by Word

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

• tat: that (deity/linga)
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘(liṅgam/īśvaram)’ इति अव्यक्तं कर्म

• māgha: (month of) Māgha
• māgha: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māgha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासपूर्वपद-नामपद (month-name), पुंलिङ्ग

• caturdaśyām: on the fourteenth (tithi)
• caturdaśyām: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caturdaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः: māgha-caturdaśī (तत्पुरुषः)

• pūjayet: should worship
• pūjayet: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pūj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष? actually 3rd person, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• śraddhayā: with faith
• śraddhayā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śraddhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• anvitaḥ: endowed (with)
• anvitaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anvita (कृदन्त; √i (धातु) + क्त, उपसर्ग anu-)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘yaḥ’ इति विशेषण

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)

• tasya: for him/of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• jāyate: arises/is born
• jāyate: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jan (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• kiṃcit: anything
• kiṃcit: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kiṃcid (सर्वनाम/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अनिश्चित-प्रमाण (indefinite)

• duḥkham: sorrow
• duḥkham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘jāyate’ इति कर्तृस्थानी (subject of intransitive)

• saṃtāna: progeny/lineage
• saṃtāna: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃtāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासपूर्वपद-नामपद, पुंलिङ्ग

• saṃbhavam: arising from progeny (related to offspring)
• saṃbhavam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः: saṃtāna-saṃbhava (तत्पुरुषः)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aṭeśvara (within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇa interlocutor(s) in the tīrtha-māhātmya frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night or twilight of caturdaśī in Māgha: devotees with lamps approach the liṅga, offering bilva and water; a couple prays for relief from offspring-related sorrow; priests chant while lamps flicker.

Characters & Entities

• Māgha caturdaśī
• Aṭeśvara (implied)
• Śiva worship (pūjā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faithful worship at the right sacred time (tithi) is said to remove specific life-sorrows, aligning family life with dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Aṭeśvara at the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra is the implied object of worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform pūjā of Aṭeśvara on Māgha caturdaśī with śraddhā (faith).