Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

पश्चात्पद्मैश्चतुर्दश्यां शुक्लायां सोमवासरे । चैत्रे मासि च संप्राप्ते चिरायुः स भविष्यति

Transliteration

paścātpadmaiścaturdaśyāṃ śuklāyāṃ somavāsare | caitre māsi ca saṃprāpte cirāyuḥ sa bhaviṣyati

Translation

ต่อจากนั้น เมื่อถึงเดือนไจตรา ในปักษ์สว่าง (ศุกลปักษ์) วันจตุรทศีตรงกับวันจันทร์ แล้วถวายดอกบัว—ผู้นั้นจักมีอายุยืนยาว

Word by Word

• paścāt: afterwards
• paścāt: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paścāt (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: afterwards)

• padmaiḥ: with lotuses
• padmaiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: padma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन (Neuter, Instrumental, Plural)

• caturdaśyām: on the fourteenth (lunar day)
• caturdaśyām: Adhikaraṇa (Time-location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caturdaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (Feminine, Locative, Singular); तिथिवाचक

• śuklāyām: in the bright (fortnight)
• śuklāyām: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śuklā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (Feminine, Locative, Singular); विशेषण (of fortnight)

• somavāsare: on Monday
• somavāsare: Adhikaraṇa (Time-location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: soma-vāsara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (Masculine, Locative, Singular); वारवाचक

• caitre: in (the month of) Caitra
• caitre: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: caitra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (Masculine, Locative, Singular); मासविशेषण

• māsi: in the month
• māsi: Adhikaraṇa (Time-location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (Masculine, Locative, Singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha/Conjunction (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• saṃprāpte: when (it) has arrived
• saṃprāpte: Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute/सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-√prāp (धातु) → saṃprāpta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी, एकवचन (Locative, Singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• cirāyuḥ: long-lived
• cirāyuḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cira-āyus (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular); कर्मधारयः (‘दीर्घम् आयुः यस्य’)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular); सर्वनाम

• bhaviṣyati: will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śiva (contextual continuity from the preceding liṅga-worship instruction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Paired tīrthas with Śiva-liṅga (lotus-offering observance)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night-to-dawn worship on Śukla Caturdaśī Monday in Caitra: lamps flicker, lotuses are offered, and the liṅga is bathed as the moon’s Soma-quality is evoked.

Characters & Entities

• Caitra
• Śukla Caturdaśī
• Somavāra (Monday)
• Padma (lotus)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred timing (tithi and weekday) intensifies the fruit of devotion; properly timed worship yields blessings such as longevity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same tīrthayugma and its Śiva-liṅga worship context in Nāgarakhaṇḍa, Tīrthamāhātmya, Adhyāya 198.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Lotus-based worship aligned to Caitra month, bright fortnight, Caturdaśī tithi, and Monday (Somavāra).