Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 88

Devanagari script

सांगं रुद्रजपं कृत्वा व्याधिदोषात्प्रमुच्यते । अमावास्यां सोमदिने व्यतीपाते च वैधृतौ । संक्रांतौ ग्रहणे चैव तत्र श्राद्धं स्मृतं नृणाम्

Transliteration

sāṃgaṃ rudrajapaṃ kṛtvā vyādhidoṣātpramucyate | amāvāsyāṃ somadine vyatīpāte ca vaidhṛtau | saṃkrāṃtau grahaṇe caiva tatra śrāddhaṃ smṛtaṃ nṛṇām

Translation

സാംഗോപാംഗമായി രുദ്രജപം ചെയ്താൽ രോഗദോഷങ്ങളിൽ നിന്ന് മോചനം ലഭിക്കും. അമാവാസി, തിങ്കളാഴ്ച, വ്യതീപാതവും വൈധൃതിയും, സംക്രാന്തിയും ഗ്രഹണവും—ഇവിടങ്ങളിൽ മനുഷ്യർക്കു ശ്രാദ്ധം വിധിച്ചതായി സ്മൃതി പറയുന്നു.

Word by Word

• साङ्गम्: with all limbs/with auxiliaries (complete)
• साङ्गम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि—‘अङ्गैः सहितम्’

• रुद्रजपम्: Rudra-mantra recitation
• रुद्रजपम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र + जप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (japa of Rudra)

• कृत्वा: having performed
• कृत्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having done’

• व्याधिदोषात्: from disease and defect
• व्याधिदोषात्: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याधि + दोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; द्वन्द्व (illness and fault)

• प्रमुच्यते: is freed/released
• प्रमुच्यते: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• अमावास्याम्: on new-moon day
• अमावास्याम्: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमावास्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• सोमदिने: on Monday
• सोमदिने: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम + दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (day of Soma = Monday)

• व्यतीपाते: at Vyatīpāta (astral yoga)
• व्यतीपाते: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यतीपात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• वैधृतौ: at Vaidhṛti (astral yoga)
• वैधृतौ: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैधृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• संक्रान्तौ: at the solar ingress (saṅkrānti)
• संक्रान्तौ: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संक्रान्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• ग्रहणे: during an eclipse
• ग्रहणे: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रहण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha-bodhaka (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• तत्र: there/then
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/कालवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• स्मृतम्: is prescribed/declared
• स्मृतम्: Kriyā (Predicative/क्रिया-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि भावः—‘is prescribed/remembered’

• नृणाम्: of men/for people
• नृणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (tatra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee in a tīrtha precinct performs Rudra-japa with rudrākṣa mala before a Śiva-liṅga; nearby, a śrāddha setup with kuśa grass, piṇḍa plates, and tilodaka; sky shows eclipse/saṅkrānti symbolism (darkened sun) and calendrical markers.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Amāvāsyā
• Soma-vāra (Monday)
• Vyatīpāta
• Vaidhṛti
• Saṅkrānti
• Grahaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Mantra-discipline (Rudra-japa) and ancestral duty (śrāddha) are both upheld as dharma that yields purification and well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The phrase “tatra” indicates the Dharmāraṇya tīrtha-context of this chapter (including Dharmavāpī and connected shrines).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform sāṃga Rudra-japa; and perform śrāddha at the site on amāvāsyā, Mondays, Vyatīpāta, Vaidhṛti, saṅkrānti, and eclipses.