Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 104

Devanagari script

स्नात्वार्णवमहीतोये तस्य स्यान्मनसेप्सितम् । कार्तिके च चतुर्द्देश्यां कृष्णायां श्रद्धयान्वितः

Transliteration

snātvārṇavamahītoye tasya syānmanasepsitam | kārtike ca caturddeśyāṃ kṛṣṇāyāṃ śraddhayānvitaḥ

Translation

സമുദ്രജലത്തിലും ഭൂമിയിലെ പുണ്യജലങ്ങളിലും സ്നാനം ചെയ്താൽ അവന്റെ മനസ്സിലെ ഇഷ്ടം സിദ്ധിക്കും; പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് കാർത്തിക മാസത്തിലെ കൃഷ്ണപക്ഷ ചതുര്ദശിയിൽ ശ്രദ്ധയോടെ ചെയ്താൽ.

Word by Word

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: snā (धातु) + ktvā (कृत्)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• arṇava: in the ocean
• arṇava: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: arṇava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (अधिकरणार्थे); पाठानुसार ‘arṇave’ अपेक्षित, परन्तु संधि-विच्छेदे arṇava + mahī + toye (समास/समुच्चय)

• mahī: on the earth
• mahī: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (अधिकरणार्थे); पाठानुसार ‘mahyām’ अपेक्षित

• toye: in water
• toye: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: toya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘जल’

• tasya: for him / of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• syāt: would be / may be
• syāt: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• manasā: by the mind / in one’s mind
• manasā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• īpsitam: the desired (thing)
• īpsitam: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता-सम्बन्धी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āp (धातु) + īpsita (कृत्/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक ‘īpsita’ (desired); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-रूपे

• kārtike: in (the month of) Kārtika
• kārtike: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārtika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; मासवाचक

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• caturdaśyām: on the fourteenth lunar day
• caturdaśyām: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caturdaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तिथिवाचक

• kṛṣṇāyām: in the dark fortnight
• kṛṣṇāyām: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛṣṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘caturdaśyām’ इति विशेषण (कृष्णपक्षे)

• śraddhayā: with faith
• śraddhayā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śraddhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• anvitaḥ: endowed (with)
• anvitaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anu-√i (धातु) + kta (कृत्) / anvita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त/विशेषण; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘श्रद्धया’ इति तृतीया-सम्बन्धेन युक्त

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arṇava-snānā (ocean bathing) in Barkareśa tīrtha-cycle

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night turning to dawn in Kārttika: devotees bathe at the ocean edge, then light lamps and proceed to worship Barkareśa; the moon of the dark fortnight is faint, and faith-filled austerity pervades the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Kārttika (month)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faithful observance, especially in Kārttika, makes tīrtha-bathing spiritually potent and wish-fulfilling.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Barkareśa tīrtha context continues; the verse highlights sacred waters connected with the pilgrimage setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing), particularly on Kārttika kṛṣṇa-caturdaśī, performed with śraddhā (faith).