Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 102

Devanagari script

जप्त्वा शुचिर्ब्रह्मचारी मासं मुच्येत पातकात् । एतदाराध्य संजाता रजिरामादयः पुरा

Transliteration

japtvā śucirbrahmacārī māsaṃ mucyeta pātakāt | etadārādhya saṃjātā rajirāmādayaḥ purā

Translation

ജപം ചെയ്ത്, ശുചിയായി, ബ്രഹ്മചര്യം പാലിച്ചാൽ ഒരു മാസത്തിനകം പാപമുക്തി ലഭിക്കും. ഇതിനെ ആരാധിച്ചതിനാൽ പുരാതനകാലത്ത് രജിരാമൻ മുതലായവർ ഉദിച്ചുവന്നു.

Word by Word

• japtvā: having recited
• japtvā: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jap (जप्, जपने)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः; ‘जपं कृत्वा/जप्त्वा’

• śuciḥ: pure
• śuciḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śuci (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• brahmacārī: a celibate/student
• brahmacārī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahmacārin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• māsam: for a month
• māsam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; कालावधि (duration)

• mucyeta: may be freed
• mucyeta: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √muc (मुच्, मोचने)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः (be released)

• pātakāt: from sin
• pātakāt: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pātaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; ‘एतद्’ (this)

• ārādhya: having worshipped/propitiated
• ārādhya: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√radh (राध्, आराधने/सिद्धौ)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त-समकक्ष (gerund), अव्यय; ‘आराध्य’ = having propitiated/worshipped

• saṃjātāḥ: were born/arose
• saṃjātāḥ: Kriya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṃjāta (सम्+√jan, जन्, जनने)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle used predicatively), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• raji-rāma-ādayaḥ: Raji, Rāma and others
• raji-rāma-ādayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: raji (प्रातिपदिक/नाम) + rāma (प्रातिपदिक/नाम) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्व/समुच्चयार्थः (…and others)

• purā: formerly/once
• purā: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celibate practitioner in white cloth sits near the liṅga, counting rudrākṣa beads; a calendar-like month cycle shown as lunar phases; aura of purification.

Characters & Entities

• japa
• brahmacarya
• pātaka (sin)
• Rajirāma (exemplar figure)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity, restraint, and sustained mantra-practice are portrayed as powerful means for pāpaharaṇa (removal of sin).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kumāreśvara-linked liṅga and its worship-regimen, praised as efficacious within a month.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Japa performed with śauca (purity) and brahmacarya for a month, resulting in release from pātaka; continued ārādhana as exemplified by earlier devotees.