Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

स्नात्वाऽत्र सलिले पश्चान्मल्लिंगं पूजयिष्यति । सा सौभाग्य समोपेता वर्षांते च भविष्यति

Transliteration

snātvā'tra salile paścānmalliṃgaṃ pūjayiṣyati | sā saubhāgya samopetā varṣāṃte ca bhaviṣyati

Translation

ഇവിടത്തെ ജലത്തിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് ശേഷം മല്ലിംഗത്തെ പൂജിക്കും; അവൾ സൗഭാഗ്യസമ്പന്നയാകും—നിശ്ചയമായി വർഷാന്ത്യത്തിൽ।

Word by Word

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: snā (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकाल

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय

• salile: in the water
• salile: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: salila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• paścāt: afterwards
• paścāt: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paścāt (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (afterwards)

• mat-liṅgam: my liṅga
• mat-liṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (सर्वनाम) + liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मम लिङ्गम्)

• pūjayiṣyati: will worship
• pūjayiṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• saubhāgya-samopetā: endowed with good fortune
• saubhāgya-samopetā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saubhāgya + sam-upeta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुष (सौभाग्येन समुपेता)

• varṣa-ante: at the end of the year
• varṣa-ante: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṣa + anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (वर्षस्य अन्ते)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• bhaviṣyati: will become/will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śiva (Mahādeva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: मल्लिङ्ग-वापी / मल्लिङ्ग-तीर्थ

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Vaṭikī / intended female practitioners

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee completes the rite: she bathes in the tank, then offers worship at the liṅga; the scene subtly shifts from anxiety to radiance, symbolizing saubhāgya attained by the year’s completion.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Mahādeva)
• Malliṅga
• tīrtha waters

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification (snāna) paired with devotion (pūjā) culminates in auspiciousness and stability of fortune.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha defined by its sacred waters and the Malliṅga worshipped after bathing.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform snāna in the tīrtha waters and then worship the Malliṅga; the promised fruit matures by year’s end.