Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

संमार्जनं च कुर्वंति नरा ये च शिवांगणे । ते वै शिवपुरं प्राप्य जगद्वंद्या भग्सि च

Transliteration

saṃmārjanaṃ ca kurvaṃti narā ye ca śivāṃgaṇe | te vai śivapuraṃ prāpya jagadvaṃdyā bhagsi ca

Translation

ชนทั้งหลายผู้กวาดและชำระลานในอาณาบริเวณของพระศิวะ ย่อมได้ถึงศิวปุระโดยแท้ และเป็นผู้ควรแก่การสักการะในโลกด้วย

Word by Word

• संमार्जनम्: cleaning, sweeping
• संमार्जनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम् + मृज् (धातु) → संमार्जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

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

• कुर्वन्ति: do, perform
• कुर्वन्ति: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• नराः: men, people
• नराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Relative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

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

• शिवाङ्गणे: in Śiva’s courtyard/precinct
• शिवाङ्गणे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव + अङ्गण (प्रातिपदिक); components: शिव(प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्गण(प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणार्थे (location)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Correlative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; तद्-प्रत्यय (correlative pronoun)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• शिवपुरम्: Śiva’s city/abode
• शिवपुरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव + पुर (प्रातिपदिक); components: शिव(प्रातिपदिक) + पुर(प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• प्राप्य: having reached
• प्राप्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Converb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु) → प्राप्य (ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त-समकक्ष)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त (ल्यप्/absolutive), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having attained)

• जगद्वन्द्याः: worshipped by the world
• जगद्वन्द्याः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जगत् + वन्द्य (प्रातिपदिक); components: जगत्(प्रातिपदिक) + वन्द्य(कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक from वन्द्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ते); ‘जगता वन्द्याः’ (worthy of worship by the world)

• भस्मि: in ashes (as sacred ash)
• भस्मि: Adhikaraṇa (State/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भस्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण/अवस्थार्थे; पाठभेदसम्भवः: ‘भस्मि’ (in ashes)

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

Speaker

Lomaśa (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śiva-pura (Śiva’s city) as fruit; service performed in Śiva’s aṅgaṇa

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrims/householders (implicit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees sweep and clean the temple courtyard with brooms, dust pans, and water pots; Śiva’s shrine stands luminous; the act is shown as sacred, not mundane.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Śivapura

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Humble temple service is exalted; even simple acts like cleaning become powerful bhakti leading to Śiva’s realm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Śiva precinct within the Kedāra sacred complex (Kedārakhaṇḍa’s Śiva-kṣetra setting).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Saṃmārjana (sweeping/cleaning) of Śiva’s courtyard/temple premises as a meritorious act of sevā.