Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

शुक्र उवाच । एतत्कार्तिकमासस्य शुक्लाष्टम्यां तु यः स्पृशेत् । ततो लिंगं पूजयेच्च यः पुमाञ्छ्रद्धयान्वितः

Transliteration

śukra uvāca | etatkārtikamāsasya śuklāṣṭamyāṃ tu yaḥ spṛśet | tato liṃgaṃ pūjayecca yaḥ pumāñchraddhayānvitaḥ

Translation

ശുക്രൻ പറഞ്ഞു—കാർത്തികമാസത്തിലെ ശുക്ലാഷ്ടമിദിനത്തിൽ ആരെങ്കിലും (ഈ തീർത്ഥ/ജലം) സ്പർശിച്ച്, തുടർന്ന് ശ്രദ്ധയോടെ ലിംഗത്തെ പൂജിക്കുന്നുവെങ്കിൽ—

Word by Word

• शुक्रः: Śukra
• शुक्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• एतत्: of this
• एतत्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेषणम् (मासस्य)

• कार्तिकमासस्य: of the month of Kārtika
• कार्तिकमासस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्तिक + मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कार्तिकस्य मासः)

• शुक्लाष्टम्याम्: on the bright eighth (tithi)
• शुक्लाष्टम्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्ल + अष्टमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (शुक्ला अष्टमी)

• तु: indeed/and
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (contrast/emphasis particle)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम

• स्पृशेत्: should touch
• स्पृशेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्पृश् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ततः: then/from that
• ततः: Hetu/Apadana (From that/ततः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (ablatival adverb)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga (Śiva-emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम

• पुमान्: a man
• पुमान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुमांस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• श्रद्धया: with faith
• श्रद्धया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• अन्वितः: endowed (with)
• अन्वितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्वि-इ (धातु) → अन्वित (कृदन्त/भूतकृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (पुमान्)

Speaker

Śukra

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahākuṇḍa (implied by immediate context)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śiva (within Pulastya’s narration to the king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee approaches a clear sacred pool on Kārtika śuklāṣṭamī, touches the water/steps, then offers flowers, bilva leaves, and lamps to a nearby Śiva-liṅga.

Characters & Entities

• Śukra
• Kārtika-māsa
• Śuklāṣṭamī
• Śiva-liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Time (Kārtika) and faith amplify merit; devotion expressed on auspicious tithis becomes especially fruitful.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A particular sacred locus in Arbuda-khaṇḍa is indicated by “etad…spṛśet” (touching the sanctified spot/element), tied to subsequent liṅga worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

On Kārtika Śuklāṣṭamī: ritually touch/contact the sanctified place/holy water and then perform liṅga-pūjā with śraddhā.