Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 88

Devanagari script

तत्र यः कार्तिके मासि दीपकं संप्रयच्छति । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः शिवलोके महीयते

Transliteration

tatra yaḥ kārtike māsi dīpakaṃ saṃprayacchati | sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ śivaloke mahīyate

Translation

ผู้ใด ณ สถานที่นั้น ในเดือนการ์ติกะถวายประทีป เขาย่อมพ้นจากบาปทั้งปวง และได้รับการเทิดทูนในศิวโลก

Word by Word

• tatra: there; in that (holy place/context)
• tatra: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देश/प्रसङ्ग-क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘there/in that context’

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

• kārtike: in (the month of) Kārtika
• kārtike: Adhikarana (Time locus/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārtika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — locative ‘in Kārtika’

• māsi: in the month
• māsi: Adhikarana (Time locus/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — locative ‘in the month’ (apposition to kārtike)

• dīpakam: a lamp
• dīpakam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dīpaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुं, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — object ‘lamp’

• saṃprayacchati: offers; gives
• saṃprayacchati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam+pra+√yam/√yacch (धातु: यम्)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — ‘gives/offers’

• sarva-pāpa-vinirmuktaḥ: freed from all sins
• sarva-pāpa-vinirmuktaḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + vi+nir+√muc (धातु) → vinirmukta (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — तत्पुरुष-समास; विशेषण of implied ‘saḥ/yaḥ’; ‘freed from all sins’

• śiva-loke: in Śiva’s realm
• śiva-loke: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — locative; ‘in Śiva’s world’

• mahīyate: is honored; is glorified
• mahīyate: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √mah (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद — passive/reflexive sense ‘is honored/glorified’

Speaker

Sūta (narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kalaśeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijas / general devotees (yo yaḥ = whoever)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night in Kārtika: rows of lamps shimmer before the Kalaśeśvara liṅga; a devotee places a lamp with both hands, the sanctum glowing as if Śiva’s presence accepts the offering.

Characters & Entities

• Kārtika (month)
• Śiva
• Kalaśeśvara tīrtha (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A simple act of devotion—offering a lamp in Kārtika—at a holy site yields profound purification and Śaiva liberation-fruit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ‘there’ indicates the Kalaśeśvara sacred place described throughout Adhyāya 51.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dīpa-dāna (offering a lamp) during the month of Kārtika at the tīrtha.