Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 85

Devanagari script

षण्मासात्सिद्धिमाप्नोति मोक्षं च लभते नरः । एतदुक्तं महाराज बकुलार्कस्य वैभवम्

Transliteration

ṣaṇmāsātsiddhimāpnoti mokṣaṃ ca labhate naraḥ | etaduktaṃ mahārāja bakulārkasya vaibhavam

Translation

ആറ് മാസത്തിനകം മനുഷ്യൻ സിദ്ധി പ്രാപിക്കുകയും മോക്ഷവും നേടുകയും ചെയ്യും. മഹാരാജാവേ, ഇതാണ് ബകുലാർകന്റെ വൈഭവമെന്ന് പ്രസ്താവിച്ചത്.

Word by Word

• षण्मासात्: from (within) six months
• षण्मासात्: Apadana (Source/Time-from/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षण् + मास (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (six-month period)

• सिद्धिम्: success / attainment
• सिद्धिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• आप्नोति: attains
• आप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद; √आप्—प्राप्तौ

• मोक्षम्: liberation
• मोक्षम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• उक्तम्: has been said
• उक्तम्: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-विशेष)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उक्त (√वच् + क्त, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• महाराज: O great king
• महाराज: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + राजन् (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th case), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (great king)

• बकुलार्कस्य: of Bakulārka
• बकुलार्कस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बकुलार्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन

• वैभवम्: glory / greatness
• वैभवम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैभव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

Speaker

Vyāsa (addressing Yudhiṣṭhira as ‘mahārāja’ by context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bakūlārka

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahārāja (unnamed here)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee completes a six-month observance: sunrise worship to Sūrya at the tīrtha, then a luminous ascent motif symbolizing siddhi and mokṣa; a sage addresses a king, concluding the māhātmya.

Characters & Entities

• Bakūlārka
• Mahārāja (Yudhiṣṭhira—listener context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s grace can mature quickly when approached with sustained discipline; purification culminates in siddhi and the highest aim, mokṣa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bakūlārka-tīrtha, praised as granting siddhi and even mokṣa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An implied sustained observance connected with the tīrtha (framed by “within six months”); the preceding context centers on tīrtha-snāna.