Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

सोमवारेण यस्तत्र वत्सरं यावदर्चयेत् । क्षणं कृत्वा स रोगेण दारुणेनापि मुच्यते

Transliteration

somavāreṇa yastatra vatsaraṃ yāvadarcayet | kṣaṇaṃ kṛtvā sa rogeṇa dāruṇenāpi mucyate

Translation

അവിടെ തിങ്കളാഴ്ചകളിൽ ഒരു വർഷം മുഴുവൻ ആരാധിക്കുന്നവൻ—ക്ഷണമാത്ര വ്രതം ചെയ്താലും—ഭയങ്കരമായ രോഗത്തിൽ നിന്നുപോലും മോചിതനാകും.

Word by Word

• सोमवारेण: on Monday
• सोमवारेण: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक) + वार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति; एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘सोमस्य वारः’ → ‘on Monday’ (instrumental: by/with Monday as the (chosen) day)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन; सापेक्ष सर्वनाम

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशबोधक (there)

• वत्सरम्: for a year
• वत्सरम्: Karma (Extent/measure/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन; कालपरिमाण (accusative of duration)

• यावत्: as long as, up to
• यावत्: Sambandha (Extent marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाण/अवधिबोधक (indeclinable: as long as, up to)

• अर्चयेत्: should worship
• अर्चयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन

• क्षणम्: for a moment
• क्षणम्: Karma (Extent/measure/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन; कालपरिमाण (accusative of duration)

• कृत्वा: having done (it)
• कृत्वा: Sambandha (Prior action/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive): ‘having done’

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन

• रोगेण: from/with disease
• रोगेण: Karana (Instrument/association/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति; एकवचन; हेतु/सहभावे (instrumental: by/with)

• दारुणेन: terrible, severe
• दारुणेन: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दारुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying रोगेण)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/समुच्चयार्थक (particle: even/also)

• मुच्यते: is freed, is released
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Result/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present); आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive sense): ‘is released’

Speaker

Sūta (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somēśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee performs Monday worship repeatedly through seasons: offering bilva leaves, water abhiṣeka, lamps; the afflicted body gradually becomes radiant and healthy, indicating release from dreadful disease.

Characters & Entities

• Somēśvara
• Soma (Monday/Somavāra)
• Śiva (implied through liṅga worship)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady devotion at a sanctified Śaiva site, especially aligned with Somavāra, is portrayed as a purifier that removes intense suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Somēśvara liṅga-tīrtha described in Nāgara-khaṇḍa, Tīrthamāhātmya, Adhyāya 63.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Somavāra (Monday) worship (arcana) at the site, sustained for a year; even a brief observance is said to yield relief from severe disease.