Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

अन्योऽपि मर्त्यलोकेत्र यः करिष्यति मानवः । मकरस्थे रवौ मह्यं संक्रांतौ रजनीमुखे । स नूनं मद्गणो भावी सकृत्कृत्वाऽथ कंबलम्

Transliteration

anyo'pi martyaloketra yaḥ kariṣyati mānavaḥ | makarasthe ravau mahyaṃ saṃkrāṃtau rajanīmukhe | sa nūnaṃ madgaṇo bhāvī sakṛtkṛtvā'tha kaṃbalam

Translation

และในโลกมนุษย์ ผู้ใดก็ตามที่กระทำสิ่งนี้เพื่อเรา—เมื่อดวงอาทิตย์สถิตในราศีมกร ในกาลสังกรานติ ณ ยามเริ่มราตรี—ผู้นั้นจักเป็นคณา (gaṇa) ของเราโดยแน่นอน แม้ทำเพียงครั้งเดียว คือการทำหรือถวายผ้าห่มชโลมฆี

Word by Word

• anyaḥ: another (person)
• anyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• api: also/even
• api: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-कार (also/even)

• martya-loke: in the mortal world
• martya-loke: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: martya (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• atra: here
• atra: Desha (Place/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb of place)

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

• kariṣyati: will do
• kariṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• mānavaḥ: a human
• mānavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• makara-sthe: when (the sun) is in Capricorn
• makara-sthe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: makara (प्रातिपदिक) + stha (कृदन्त; √sthā)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (ravau इति विशेष्यस्य)

• ravau: in the sun (i.e., when the sun is...)
• ravau: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ravi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• mahyam: to me
• mahyam: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• saṃkrāntau: at the saṅkrānti (solar transit)
• saṃkrāntau: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃkrānti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• rajanī-mukhe: at nightfall (the beginning of night)
• rajanī-mukhe: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rajanī (प्रातिपदिक) + mukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• nūnam: surely
• nūnam: Avadharana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nūnam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक (certainly)

• mad-gaṇaḥ: my attendant (member of my gaṇa)
• mad-gaṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (प्रातिपदिक; अस्मद्-सम्बन्ध) + gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• bhāvī: destined to be / will become
• bhāvī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhū (धातु) + in (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भविष्यत्कालवाचक-विशेषण (future participial adjective); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘भविता’ इत्यर्थे

• sakṛt: once
• sakṛt: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sakṛt (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/आवृत्तिवाचक (once)

• kṛtvā: having done/made
• kṛtvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), ‘कृत्वा’

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक/प्रसङ्ग (then/thereupon)

• kaṃbalam: a blanket
• kaṃbalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaṃbala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: The devotee and, by extension, future practitioners (any mānava)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dusk on Makara-saṅkrānti, a devotee offers a kambala (blanket) with ghee association to Śiva; the sky shows the sun’s transition symbolism, lamps are lit, and gaṇa-figures appear as auspicious omens.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Makara (Capricorn)
• Saṅkrānti
• Gaṇa
• Kaṃbala (ghṛta-kaṃbala)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A single, correctly-timed act of devotion and charity, offered to Śiva with sincerity, is declared powerful enough to transform one’s spiritual destiny.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The emphasis is on the calendrical sacred time (Makara-saṅkrānti) rather than a named geography in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform ghṛta-kaṃbala-related offering/charity for Śiva at Makara-saṅkrānti, specifically at rajanīmukha (evening/onset of night).