Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

माघ शुक्लचतुर्दश्यां यस्तं पूजयते नरः । स पापैरपि संयुक्तः शिवलोके महीयते

Transliteration

māgha śuklacaturdaśyāṃ yastaṃ pūjayate naraḥ | sa pāpairapi saṃyuktaḥ śivaloke mahīyate

Translation

ಮಾಘ ಶುಕ್ಲ ಚತುರ್ದಶಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಯಾರು ಆ (ಲಿಂಗವನ್ನು) ಪೂಜಿಸುತ್ತಾರೋ, ಅವರು ಪಾಪಗಳಿಂದ ಯುಕ್ತರಾಗಿದ್ದರೂ ಶಿವಲೋಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಗೌರವಿಸಲ್ಪಡುವರು।

Word by Word

• माघे: in (the month of) Māgha
• माघे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; मासवाचक

• शुक्लचतुर्दश्याम्: on the bright 14th lunar day
• शुक्लचतुर्दश्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्ल + चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; कर्मधारय: शुक्ला चतुर्दशी (bright-fortnight 14th)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक

• तम्: that (liṅga)
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (object)

• पूजयते: worships
• पूजयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (correlative)

• पापैः: with sins
• पापैः: Sahakaraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (even/also)

• संयुक्तः: associated/tainted
• संयुक्तः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + युज् (धातु) + क्त
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP used adjectivally); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• शिवलोके: in Śiva's world
• शिवलोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: शिवस्य लोकः (Śiva's world)

• महीयते: is honored
• महीयते: Kriya (Result/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे: is honored/glorified

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Maṃkaṇaka-pratiṣṭhita-liṅga (site of worship)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇa audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On Māgha bright caturdaśī, devotees gather at the liṅga with lamps and offerings; the night is luminous, with a sense of purification and ascent—Śivaloka hinted as a celestial backdrop above the shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Māgha
• Caturdaśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Time-sanctified worship (Māgha śukla caturdaśī) at a powerful Śaiva site grants exalted afterlife merit through Śiva’s grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Maṃkaṇaka-installed liṅga shrine within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha praised in this chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śiva-pūjā of the liṅga specifically on Māgha śukla caturdaśī.