Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

भूमिशायी निराहारो जपन्वै शतरुद्रियम् । माघे मासि चतुर्दश्यां स्नात्वा सागरसंगमे

Transliteration

bhūmiśāyī nirāhāro japanvai śatarudriyam | māghe māsi caturdaśyāṃ snātvā sāgarasaṃgame

Translation

地に臥して眠り、断食し、まことにシャタルドリーヤを誦する。ついでマ―ガ月の十四日（チャトゥルダシー）に、海との合流の地で沐浴して…

Word by Word

• भूमिशायी: lying on the ground
• भूमिशायी: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूमि-शायी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—भूमौ शयते (सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष)

• निराहारः: fasting (without food)
• निराहारः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्-आहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—आहारः नास्ति यस्य (नञ्-तत्पुरुष)

• जपन्: reciting
• जपन्: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जप् (धातु) + शतृ (कृत्) → जपन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present participle)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• शतरुद्रियम्: the Śatarudriya (hymn)
• शतरुद्रियम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत-रुद्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—शतं रुद्रियाणि/रुद्राध्यायाः (द्विगु/तत्पुरुष-प्राय), वैदिकपाठ-नाम

• माघे: in Māgha (month)
• माघे: Adhikarana (Location in time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• चतुर्दश्याम्: on the fourteenth lunar day
• चतुर्दश्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्ना (धातु) + त्वा (कृत्) → स्नात्वा (अव्ययभाव)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive) — ‘having bathed’

• सागर-संगमे: at the confluence with the sea
• सागर-संगमे: Adhikarana (Place/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सागर-संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—सागरस्य संगमः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-sāgara-saṅgama

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim ascetic lies on bare earth near the sea-shore at Prabhāsa; dawn light over waves; he recites Rudra-mantras with a rosary; then steps into the foaming saṅgama for ritual bath on Māgha caturdaśī.

Characters & Entities

• Śatarudrīya
• Māgha
• Caturdaśī
• Sāgara-saṅgama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Austerity joined with mantra-recitation and sacred bathing is taught as a disciplined path to purification and merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The sāgara-saṅgama (ocean confluence) associated with Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ground-sleeping, fasting, Śatarudrīya japa, and bathing on Māgha caturdaśī at the ocean confluence.