Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

अन्येऽपि ये जनास्तच्च पूजयंति प्रभक्तितः । चैत्रशुक्लचतुर्दश्यां ते प्रयांतु त्रिविष्टपम्

Transliteration

anye'pi ye janāstacca pūjayaṃti prabhaktitaḥ | caitraśuklacaturdaśyāṃ te prayāṃtu triviṣṭapam

Translation

മറ്റുള്ളവരും പരമഭക്തിയോടെ ചൈത്ര ശുക്ലപക്ഷ ചതുര്ദശിദിനത്തിൽ ഇതിനെ പൂജിക്കുന്നുവെങ്കിൽ, അവർ ത്രിവിഷ്ടപം (സ്വർഗ്ഗം) പ്രാപിക്കട്ടെ।

Word by Word

• anye: others
• anye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थ

• ye: who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• janāḥ: people
• janāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन

• tat: that (liṅga/thing)
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• pūjayanti: worship
• pūjayanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• prabhaktitaḥ: out of great devotion
• prabhaktitaḥ: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prabhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb)

• caitra-śukla-caturdaśyām: on the bright fourteenth (tithi) of Caitra
• caitra-śukla-caturdaśyām: Adhikarana (Time/काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caitra (प्रातिपदिक) + śukla (प्रातिपदिक) + caturdaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; कालाधिकरण (time-locative)

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन

• prayāntu: may (they) go/attain
• prayāntu: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु) + pra (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• triviṣṭapam: heaven (Triviṣṭapa)
• triviṣṭapam: Karma (Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: triviṣṭapa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; गत्यर्थकर्म (goal)

Speaker

Gautama (continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara (implied object of worship)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (contextual) king/pilgrims

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees gather on Caitra śukla caturdaśī, offering lamps, bilva, and water to the liṅga; celestial beings above indicate Triviṣṭapa as the promised destination.

Characters & Entities

• Hāṭakeśvara
• Caitra
• Śukla Caturdaśī
• Triviṣṭapa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional worship performed at a sanctified time (tithi) is praised as a direct path to elevated posthumous states.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara Liṅga-tīrtha, whose worship is linked with heavenly attainment.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā of Hāṭakeśvara on Caitra Śukla Caturdaśī (bright fortnight 14th) with intense devotion.