Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

यस्तन्माघचतुर्दश्यां पूजयेच्छ्रद्धयान्वितः । न तस्य जायते किंचिद्दुःखं संतानसंभवम्

Transliteration

yastanmāghacaturdaśyāṃ pūjayecchraddhayānvitaḥ | na tasya jāyate kiṃcidduḥkhaṃ saṃtānasaṃbhavam

Translation

മാഘ ചതുര്ദശിയിൽ ശ്രദ്ധയോടെ ആ (ലിംഗത്തെ) പൂജിക്കുന്നവന് സന്താനത്തിൽ നിന്നുണ്ടാകുന്ന യാതൊരു ദുഃഖവും ഒരിക്കലും ജനിക്കുകയില്ല।

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who (he who)
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• tat: that (deity/linga)
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘(liṅgam/īśvaram)’ इति अव्यक्तं कर्म

• māgha: (month of) Māgha
• māgha: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māgha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासपूर्वपद-नामपद (month-name), पुंलिङ्ग

• caturdaśyām: on the fourteenth (tithi)
• caturdaśyām: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caturdaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः: māgha-caturdaśī (तत्पुरुषः)

• pūjayet: should worship
• pūjayet: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pūj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष? actually 3rd person, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• śraddhayā: with faith
• śraddhayā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śraddhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• anvitaḥ: endowed (with)
• anvitaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anvita (कृदन्त; √i (धातु) + क्त, उपसर्ग anu-)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘yaḥ’ इति विशेषण

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)

• tasya: for him/of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• jāyate: arises/is born
• jāyate: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jan (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• kiṃcit: anything
• kiṃcit: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kiṃcid (सर्वनाम/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अनिश्चित-प्रमाण (indefinite)

• duḥkham: sorrow
• duḥkham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘jāyate’ इति कर्तृस्थानी (subject of intransitive)

• saṃtāna: progeny/lineage
• saṃtāna: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃtāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासपूर्वपद-नामपद, पुंलिङ्ग

• saṃbhavam: arising from progeny (related to offspring)
• saṃbhavam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः: saṃtāna-saṃbhava (तत्पुरुषः)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aṭeśvara (within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇa interlocutor(s) in the tīrtha-māhātmya frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night or twilight of caturdaśī in Māgha: devotees with lamps approach the liṅga, offering bilva and water; a couple prays for relief from offspring-related sorrow; priests chant while lamps flicker.

Characters & Entities

• Māgha caturdaśī
• Aṭeśvara (implied)
• Śiva worship (pūjā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faithful worship at the right sacred time (tithi) is said to remove specific life-sorrows, aligning family life with dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Aṭeśvara at the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra is the implied object of worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform pūjā of Aṭeśvara on Māgha caturdaśī with śraddhā (faith).