Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

तेनैव हि शरिरेण प्रणतं पुरतः स्थितम् । अद्यप्रभृति संक्रांतौ मकरस्यापरोपि यः

Transliteration

tenaiva hi śarireṇa praṇataṃ purataḥ sthitam | adyaprabhṛti saṃkrāṃtau makarasyāparopi yaḥ

Translation

അതേ ശരീരത്തോടെയേ (ഭക്തൻ) നമസ്കരിച്ചു മുന്നിൽ നില്ക്കും. ഇന്നുമുതൽ മകരസംക്രാന്തിദിനത്തിൽ മറ്റാരെങ്കിലും ഇങ്ങനെ ചെയ്താൽ…

Word by Word

• tena: with/by that
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; नपुंसक/पुं-प्रयोगानुसार (with that)

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (emphatic particle): एव (indeed/only)

• hi: indeed/for
• hi: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle): हि (for/indeed)

• śarīreṇa: with the body
• śarīreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• praṇatam: bowed down
• praṇatam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra + nam (नम्—नमने धातु) → praṇata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; यहाँ ‘स्थितम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• purataḥ: in front
• purataḥ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: puratas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): पुरतः (in front)

• sthitam: standing/placed
• sthitam: Kriya (Predicative/क्रियासमर्थ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthā (स्था—तिष्ठति धातु) → sthita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘स्थितम्’ = standing/placed

• adya: today/from now
• adya: Kala-adhikarana (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (time adverb): अद्य (today/now)

• prabhṛti: from (this time) onward
• prabhṛti: Kala-adhikarana (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prabhṛti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (postposition): प्रभृति (starting from)

• saṃkrāṃtau: at the saṅkrānti (solar transit)
• saṃkrāṃtau: Kala-adhikarana (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃkrānti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘संक्रान्तौ’ = at the transit (of the sun)

• makarasya: of Makara (Capricorn)
• makarasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: makara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• aparaḥ: another
• aparaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: apara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘अपरः’ = another/other

• api: also/even
• api: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle): अपि (also/even)

• yaḥ: who/that which
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

Speaker

Śiva (continuing statement, completed in next verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kailāsa (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee stands before Śiva, body bowed in praṇāma; the sky suggests a solar transition (saṅkrānti), with ritual calm and heightened sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Makara-saṅkrānti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred calendrical moments like saṅkrānti are gateways for intensified merit when paired with humble reverence before Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the emphasis is on Makara-saṅkrānti timing and Śiva-darśana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observance on Makara-saṅkrānti with reverent approach/prostration before Śiva, leading into the ghee-worship instruction in the next verse.