Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

एकादशप्रकारस्तु यथा जातो महेश्वरः । चैत्रे मासि सिते पक्षे चतुर्दश्यां दिने स्थिते

Transliteration

ekādaśaprakārastu yathā jāto maheśvaraḥ | caitre māsi site pakṣe caturdaśyāṃ dine sthite

Translation

ว่าด้วยพระมหาอีศวรทรงปรากฏเป็นสิบเอ็ดปางอย่างไร—เหตุนี้เกิดขึ้นในเดือนไจตรา ในปักษ์สว่าง (ศุกลปักษ์) ณ วันจตุรทศี คือดิถีที่สิบสี่

Word by Word

• एकादश-प्रकारः: the elevenfold type/mode
• एकादश-प्रकारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकादश (संख्या/प्रातिपदिक) + प्रकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (एकादश प्रकाराः)

• तु: indeed/and
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात/पदार्थ-विशेषक (contrast/emphasis)

• यथा: as, how
• यथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (as/how)

• जातः: was born/manifested
• जातः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) → जात (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘was born/appeared’

• महेश्वरः: Maheshvara (Śiva)
• महेश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• चैत्रे: in (the month of) Caitra
• चैत्रे: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चैत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• सिते: bright (white)
• सिते: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of pakṣa)

• पक्षे: in the fortnight
• पक्षे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• चतुर्दश्याम्: on the fourteenth lunar day
• चतुर्दश्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• दिने: on the day
• दिने: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• स्थिते: being set/occurring
• स्थिते: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थित (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘when (the day) had arrived/was set’

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ritual calendar moment: bright fortnight Caturdaśī in Caitra; devotees gather at dusk/night with lamps for Śiva worship, invoking Maheśvara’s eleven modes.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśvara
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred time (Caitra, bright fortnight, caturdaśī) is highlighted as especially connected with Maheśvara’s elevenfold manifestation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse emphasizes sacred time rather than naming a specific tirtha; it remains within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An implicit observance: worship connected to Caitra śukla caturdaśī (an auspicious tithi for Śiva-focused devotion).