Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

शक्रतीर्थमिति ख्यातं चतुर्थं बालमण्डनम् । तत्र स्नात्वा च पंचाहं शक्रेश्वरमवेक्ष्य च । आश्विनस्य सितेऽष्टम्यां सर्वेषां लभते फलम्

Transliteration

śakratīrthamiti khyātaṃ caturthaṃ bālamaṇḍanam | tatra snātvā ca paṃcāhaṃ śakreśvaramavekṣya ca | āśvinasya site'ṣṭamyāṃ sarveṣāṃ labhate phalam

Translation

ตีรถะลำดับที่สี่เลื่องชื่อว่า “ศักรตีรถะ” อันเป็น “พาลมันฑนะ” คือผู้ประดับและเกื้อกูลเยาว์วัย ครั้นอาบน้ำชำระที่นั่นติดต่อกันห้าวัน และได้เฝ้าดู “ศักเรศวร” แล้ว ในวันขึ้น ๘ ค่ำ เดือนอาศวิน ย่อมได้ผลบุญแห่งกุศลทั้งปวง

Word by Word

• शक्र-तीर्थम्: Śakra-tīrtha
• शक्र-तीर्थम्: Karta/Predicate nominal (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शक्रस्य तीर्थम्)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha/Quotative marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्धरण/quotative particle)

• ख्यातम्: is known
• ख्यातम्: Karta/Predicate participle
• Type: Verb
• Root: ख्या (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• चतुर्थम्: the fourth
• चतुर्थम्: Karta/Predicate nominal
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक विशेषण (तीर्थम् implied)

• बाल-मण्डनम्: adornment of children (name/epithet)
• बाल-मण्डनम्: Karta/Predicate nominal (apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल + मण्डन (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (बालानां मण्डनम्)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषणम्/adverb of place)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Conjunction
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/coordination conjunction)

• पञ्च-अहम्: for five days
• पञ्च-अहम्: Karma (Object/extent/अवधि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + अहन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (पञ्चाहम् = five days)

• शक्रेश्वरम्: Śakreśvara
• शक्रेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शक्रस्य ईश्वरः)

• अवेक्ष्य: having beheld
• अवेक्ष्य: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + ईक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-प्राय (absolutive/gerund; -य form), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Conjunction
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/coordination conjunction)

• आश्विनस्य: of Āśvina (month)
• आश्विनस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्विन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन (मास-नाम)

• सिते: in the bright (fortnight)
• सिते: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषण (अष्टम्याम् इत्यस्य)

• अष्टम्याम्: on the eighth (tithi)
• अष्टम्याम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्, आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Viśvāmitra (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śakratīrtha (Bālamaṇḍana)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A temple tank labeled Śakratīrtha where pilgrims bathe for five consecutive days; children are ceremonially adorned (bālamaṇḍana) while elders offer lamps; the Śakreśvara liṅga shrine stands nearby with Indra/Śakra iconography (vajra, elephants) subtly present.

Characters & Entities

• Śakratīrtha
• Śakreśvara
• Indra (Śakra)
• Āśvina
• Śuklāṣṭamī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage disciplines (multi-day snāna) combined with Śiva-darśana, performed on an auspicious tithi, are portrayed as yielding comprehensive religious merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śakratīrtha and its presiding Śiva, Śakreśvara, within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s tīrtha-list.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing at Śakratīrtha for five days and taking darśana of Śakreśvara, especially on Āśvina bright aṣṭamī.