Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

यः पुनः पुरुषश्चात्र स्नात्वा मां पूजयिष्यति । सकामो लप्स्यते कामान्विकामो मोक्षमेव च

Transliteration

yaḥ punaḥ puruṣaścātra snātvā māṃ pūjayiṣyati | sakāmo lapsyate kāmānvikāmo mokṣameva ca

Translation

ยิ่งกว่านั้น ผู้ใดก็ตามอาบน้ำชำระที่นี่แล้วบูชาข้า หากยังมีความปรารถนา ย่อมได้สมดังปรารถนา; หากไร้ความปรารถนา ย่อมบรรลุโมกษะเท่านั้น

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• punaḥ: again; further
• punaḥ: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

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

• ca: and
• ca: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: snā (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having bathed)

• mām: me
• mām: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• pūjayiṣyati: will worship
• pūjayiṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; णिजन्त (causative)

• sakāmaḥ: desirous (with desires)
• sakāmaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa-kāma (प्रातिपदिक: sa + kāma)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (descriptive)

• lapsyate: will obtain
• lapsyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• kāmān: desired objects; desires
• kāmān: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• vikāmaḥ: free from desire
• vikāmaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-kāma (प्रातिपदिक: vi + kāma)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• mokṣam: liberation
• mokṣam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mokṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• eva: indeed; only
• eva: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• ca: and
• ca: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

Speaker

Śiva (Mahādeva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kelīśvarī/Kelīvarī-sthāna (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at a sacred water-edge completes snāna, then offers flowers, bilva, incense, and lamp before a liṅga or deity-form; the deity’s boon is implied—two paths: fulfillment of wishes and liberation.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Mahādeva)
• mokṣa
• tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The same sacred practice can yield worldly aims for the desirous and mokṣa for the renunciate-minded—intention refines the fruit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha where bathing and worship of Śiva/Malliṅga is performed, praised as efficacious for both bhoga and mokṣa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathe at the tīrtha and worship Śiva; the result depends on whether one is sakāma (desire-oriented) or vikāma (desireless).