Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

अनेन विधिना राजंस्तुष्टो देवो महेश्वरः । विधिना तीर्थयोगेन क्षयरोगाद्विमुच्यते

Transliteration

anena vidhinā rājaṃstuṣṭo devo maheśvaraḥ | vidhinā tīrthayogena kṣayarogādvimucyate

Translation

اے راجن! اس وِدھی سے مہیشور دیو خوش ہوتے ہیں، اور شاستری طریقے سے تیرتھ یوگ کے سبب انسان کَشَیَ روگ (دق) سے آزاد ہو جاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• अनेन: by this
• अनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: (त्रिलिङ्ग), तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; साधन/प्रकारवाचक ‘by this’

• विधिना: by the procedure
• विधिना: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तुष्टः: pleased
• तुष्टः: Karta (Predicate adjective of देवः/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तुष् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘pleased’

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• महेश्वरः: Mahēśvara (Great Lord)
• महेश्वरः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) = महा + ईश्वर
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः ‘महान् ईश्वरः’

• विधिना: by the prescribed method
• विधिना: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुनरुक्त-प्रयोगः (emphatic)

• तीर्थयोगेन: through connection with the tīrtha
• तीर्थयोगेन: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थयोग (प्रातिपदिक) = तीर्थ + योग
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘तीर्थेण योगः/तीर्थसम्बन्धः’

• क्षयरोगात्: from consumption (TB)
• क्षयरोगात्: Apadana (Source/Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षयरोग (प्रातिपदिक) = क्षय + रोग
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• विमुच्यते: is freed
• विमुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense) ‘is released’

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Candrahāsya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājan / Nareśvara (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A concluding tableau: Maheśvara’s presence felt as a radiant aura over the Candrahāsyeśa liṅga; the devotee, having completed the rite, stands healthy and composed; symbolic imagery of a fading shadow (disease) dissolving into light; priests and pilgrims witness the transformation.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśvara
• Tīrtha-yoga
• Kṣaya-roga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When devotion follows vidhi and is anchored in a sacred place, divine grace is said to remove deep afflictions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Candrahāsya/Candraprabhāsa tīrtha context within Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Following the stated method (vidhi) and performing tīrtha-based observance (tīrtha-yoga) to gain relief from kṣaya-roga.