Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

सर्वपापक्षये जाते शिवे भवति भावना

Transliteration

sarvapāpakṣaye jāte śive bhavati bhāvanā

Translation

സകല പാപങ്ങളും ക്ഷയിച്ചാൽ ശിവനോടുള്ള ഭക്തിഭാവവും സ്ഥിരധ്യാനവും ഉദിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• सर्वपापक्षये: in the destruction of all sins
• सर्वपापक्षये: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (‘सर्वेषां पापानां क्षयः’); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• जाते: when (it) has occurred
• जाते: Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) → जात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी, एकवचन; कृदन्त (क्त) — ‘जाते’ (locative absolute with ‘सर्वपापक्षये’)

• शिवे: in Śiva / in auspiciousness
• शिवे: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; अधिकरण (in Śiva / in auspiciousness)

• भवति: arises, becomes
• भवति: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• भावना: devotion, contemplation, feeling
• भावना: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भावना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrative voice within the Māhātmya (speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After bathing, the pilgrim sits in stillness facing a liṅga; the water’s shimmer and ash marks suggest purification; the face is serene, indicating bhāvanā arising naturally.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification from sin naturally matures into stable devotion and contemplation of Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate verse does not name a site; it belongs to the broader Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is stated; it describes the inner fruit of pāpa-kṣaya—Śiva-centered bhāvanā.