Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

सदात्र चाहं स्थास्यामि प्रसादं प्रापिता त्वया । ये च कूपेत्र संस्नात्वा माघाष्टम्यां विशेषतः

Transliteration

sadātra cāhaṃ sthāsyāmi prasādaṃ prāpitā tvayā | ye ca kūpetra saṃsnātvā māghāṣṭamyāṃ viśeṣataḥ

Translation

“ഞാൻ എപ്പോഴും ഇവിടെ തന്നെ വസിക്കും; നീ എന്റെ പ്രസാദം ലഭിക്കുമാറാക്കി. ഈ കിണറ്റിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്യുന്നവർ—വിശേഷിച്ച് മാഘമാസത്തിലെ അഷ്ടമിദിനത്തിൽ—”

Word by Word

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नित्यत्ववाचक (adverb)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक (locative adverb)

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

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• स्थास्यामि: will remain
• स्थास्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/भविष्यत्), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• प्रसादम्: grace, favor
• प्रसादम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• प्रापिता: having been caused to obtain / having been granted
• प्रापिता: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपसर्गः प्र-

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया, एकवचन

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

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

• कूपे: in the well (at the well)
• कूपे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• त्र: there (particle)
• त्र: Avyaya (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रत्यय/निपात (enclitic particle) — ‘कूपे त्र’ = ‘कूपे तत्र/अत्र’ (in that place)

• संस्नात्वा: having bathed well
• संस्नात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सन् + स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), अव्ययभाव; उपसर्गः सम्-

• माघाष्टम्याम्: on the eighth (tithi) of Māgha
• माघाष्टम्याम्: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माघ (प्रातिपदिक) + अष्टमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (माघस्य अष्टमी)

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/विशेषणार्थक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

Speaker

Devī (Kolaṃbā / Rudrāṇī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rudrāṇī-kūpa

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: the devotee/narrator

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Goddess proclaims: ‘I will dwell here always’; the well glows; a calendar motif of Māgha aṣṭamī is suggested by moon-phase symbolism; pilgrims approach for ritual bathing.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Rudrāṇī-kūpa
• Māgha aṣṭamī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace establishes a lasting sacred center; auspicious calendar days amplify tīrtha-merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rudrāṇī-kūpa (the sacred well) where the Goddess promises continual presence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing at the well, with special emphasis on Māgha aṣṭamī.