Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 136

Devanagari script

सप्ताहाद्दृश्यते चापि तावन्निर्दोषवान्मतः । अत्र स्नात्वा च जप्त्वा च तपस्तप्त्वा तथैव च

Transliteration

saptāhāddṛśyate cāpi tāvannirdoṣavānmataḥ | atra snātvā ca japtvā ca tapastaptvā tathaiva ca

Translation

ഏഴു ദിവസത്തിന് ശേഷവും (രോഗലക്ഷണം) കണ്ടില്ലെങ്കിൽ, അവൻ നിർദോഷിയായി കണക്കാക്കപ്പെടുന്നു. ഇവിടെ സ്നാനം, ജപം, തപസ്സ് എന്നിവ ചെയ്ത്...

Word by Word

• सप्ताहात्: after a week
• सप्ताहात्: Apadana (Ablative/time-from)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्ताह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; कालवाचक (after/from a week)

• दृश्यते: is seen / appears
• दृश्यते: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• च: and
• च: Discourse connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि/also/even

• तावत्: so long / till then
• तावत्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Extent marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाण/अवधि (so long/that much)

• निर्दोषवान्: faultless / free from दोष
• निर्दोषवान्: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर् + दोष + वत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (सः/असौ इत्यस्य)

• मतः: is considered
• मतः: Kriya (Predicate complement)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle) पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भावे/कर्मणि—‘is considered’

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), परस्मैपदी; (having bathed)

• च: and
• च: Discourse connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• जप्त्वा: having recited (japa)
• जप्त्वा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), परस्मैपदी; (having recited)

• च: and
• च: Discourse connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• तपः: austerity
• तपः: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तप्त्वा: having practiced (austerity)
• तप्त्वा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), परस्मैपदी; (having performed austerity)

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus/so)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक (indeed/just)

• च: and
• च: Discourse connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sangama (contextual)

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm sequence: the devotee continues daily bathing and japa on the riverbank for seven days; sunrise cycles; the person remains healthy, serene, and focused in austerity.

Characters & Entities

• Snāna
• Japa
• Tapas
• Mahī–Sāgara Saṅgama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is paired with restraint and practice: innocence is affirmed over time, while tīrtha-life emphasizes bathing, mantra-recitation, and austerity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mahī–Sāgara Saṅgama (implied by continuity: ‘here’).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A seven-day observation window for the ordeal’s result, and recommended disciplines of snāna, japa, and tapas at the tīrtha.