Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

ज्येष्ठमासे कृष्णपक्षे चतुर्दश्यामुपोषितः । रात्रौ संपूज्य भीमेशं जन्मपापाद्विमुच्यते

Transliteration

jyeṣṭhamāse kṛṣṇapakṣe caturdaśyāmupoṣitaḥ | rātrau saṃpūjya bhīmeśaṃ janmapāpādvimucyate

Translation

ಜ್ಯೇಷ್ಠಮಾಸದ ಕೃಷ್ಣಪಕ್ಷದ ಚತುರ್ದಶಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಉಪವಾಸವಿದ್ದು, ರಾತ್ರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಭಕ್ತಿಯಿಂದ ಭೀಮೇಶನನ್ನು ಸಮ್ಯಕ್ ಪೂಜಿಸಿದವನು ಜನ್ಮಪಾಪಗಳಿಂದ ವಿಮುಕ್ತನಾಗುತ್ತಾನೆ.

Word by Word

• jyeṣṭha-māse: in the month of Jyeṣṭha
• jyeṣṭha-māse: Adhikaraṇa (Time locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jyeṣṭha (ज्येष्ठ प्रातिपदिक) + māsa (मास प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः: ज्येष्ठस्य मासः); पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th, locative) एकवचन

• kṛṣṇa-pakṣe: in the dark fortnight
• kṛṣṇa-pakṣe: Adhikaraṇa (Time locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण) + pakṣa (पक्ष)
• Form: समासः (कर्मधारयः: कृष्णः पक्षः); पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th) एकवचन

• caturdaśyām: on the fourteenth lunar day
• caturdaśyām: Adhikaraṇa (Time locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caturdaśī (चतुर्दशी प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th, locative) एकवचन

• upoṣitaḥ: having fasted
• upoṣitaḥ: Kriyā (Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-vas (उप + वस् धातु; उपोषणार्थ)
• Form: क्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग प्रथमा एकवचन; ‘having fasted’

• rātrau: at night
• rātrau: Adhikaraṇa (Time locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rātri (रात्रि प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th, locative) एकवचन

• saṃpūjya: having worshipped well
• saṃpūjya: Kriyā (Non-finite verb; prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-pūj (सम् + पूज् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘having duly worshipped’

• bhīmeśam: Bhīmeśa (Śiva)
• bhīmeśam: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhīmeśa (भीमेश प्रातिपदिक; भिम + ईश)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः); पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd) एकवचन

• janma-pāpāt: from sin of birth
• janma-pāpāt: Apādāna (Source/ablative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janma (जन्म) + pāpa (पाप)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः: जन्मनः पापम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th, ablative) एकवचन

• vimucyate: is released / is freed
• vimucyate: Kriyā (Finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-muc (वि + मुच् धातु)
• Form: लट् (present); आत्मनेपदम्; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः—‘is freed’

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narration context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhīmeśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night at the Bhīmeśvara temple: a devotee fasting, seated with folded hands; lamps flicker; the liṅga is bathed and adorned; moonlight suggests kṛṣṇa pakṣa caturdaśī; atmosphere of quiet intensity and purification.

Characters & Entities

• Bhīmeśa
• Śiva
• Jyeṣṭha-māsa
• Kṛṣṇapakṣa
• Caturdaśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Disciplined fasting joined with heartfelt night-worship of Śiva is taught as a direct means to purify even long-standing karmic faults.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse glorifies the sanctity of Bhīmeśa/Bhīmeśvara in the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa’s local Śaiva sacred geography (Sthala Māhātmya).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Upavāsa (fasting) on Jyeṣṭha kṛṣṇapakṣa caturdaśī and nighttime pūjā of Bhīmeśa.