Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

तत्रैकमपि मासार्धं यो भक्त्या पूजयेद्धरम् । स सर्वपापयुक्तोऽपि शिवलोके महीयते

Transliteration

tatraikamapi māsārdhaṃ yo bhaktyā pūjayeddharam | sa sarvapāpayukto'pi śivaloke mahīyate

Translation

ผู้ใด ณ ที่นั้น บูชาพระผู้เป็นเจ้า ‘ธร’ ด้วยภักติ แม้เพียงครึ่งเดือน แม้จะมีบาปทั้งปวงติดตัว ก็ย่อมได้รับการยกย่องในศิวโลก

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)

• एकम्: one
• एकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; ‘मासार्धम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle: even)

• मासार्धम्: half a month
• मासार्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मासस्य अर्धम्)

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

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

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

• हरम्: Hara (Śiva)
• हरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• सर्वपापयुक्तः: even if possessed of all sins
• सर्वपापयुक्तः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वपाप (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व+पाप) + युक्त (कृदन्त; √युज् + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सर्वपापैः युक्तः)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (even)

• शिवलोके: in Śiva’s world
• शिवलोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिवलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शिवस्य लोकः)

• महीयते: is honored/glorified
• महीयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मह् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense: ‘is honored’)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice; likely Sūta within Nāgarakhaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijottama (unnamed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sequence-like scene: a devotee remains in the kṣetra for half a month, performing daily liṅga-pūjā with bilva, water, lamps; the culmination shows the devotee radiant, welcomed toward Śiva-loka.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional worship (bhakti) performed at a sanctified kṣetra can elevate even the sinful to honor in Śiva’s divine realm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The “there” refers back to Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra in Ānarta described in the preceding verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A sustained practice of pūjā (worship) performed with devotion for ‘māsārdha’ (half a month).