Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

एवमुक्तः स तैर्हृष्टो गत्वात्मीयं तदाश्रमम् । स्नापयित्वाथ तल्लिंगं पूजां चक्रे प्रभक्तितः

Transliteration

evamuktaḥ sa tairhṛṣṭo gatvātmīyaṃ tadāśramam | snāpayitvātha talliṃgaṃ pūjāṃ cakre prabhaktitaḥ

Translation

یوں کہے جانے پر وہ خوش ہوا؛ اپنے آشرم کو گیا، اس لِنگ کو اشنان کرایا اور پھر گہری بھکتی کے ساتھ پوجا ادا کی۔

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb)

• उक्तः: having been told/spoken to
• उक्तः: Karta-anvayi (Predicate adjective to subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vac (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

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

• तैः: by them
• तैः: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• हृष्टः: delighted
• हृष्टः: Karta-anvayi (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hṛṣ (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: gam (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• आत्मीयम्: his own
• आत्मीयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ātmīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying)

• तत्-आश्रमम्: that hermitage
• तत्-आश्रमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम) + āśrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (‘that hermitage’)

• स्नापयित्वा: having caused (it) to be bathed
• स्नापयित्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: snā (धातु, णिच् causative) + त्वा
• Form: णिजन्त-क्त्वान्त अव्यय (causative gerund)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अनन्तरार्थक (then/thereupon)

• तत्-लिङ्गम्: that liṅga
• तत्-लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम) + liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः

• पूजाम्: worship
• पूजाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūjā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• चक्रे: performed/did
• चक्रे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• प्रभक्तितः: with great devotion
• प्रभक्तितः: Kriya-visheshana (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prabhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb), ‘प्रभक्त्या’ इत्यर्थे (with great devotion)

Speaker

Narrator (anonymous third-person, within Sūta’s overarching narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage/devotee returns to his hermitage, prepares water and vessels, bathes the liṅga with reverence, then offers flowers, incense, lamps, and food—his face bright with joy and devotion.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (liṅga)
• Āśrama
• Snāna (ritual bathing)
• Pūjā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion becomes complete when expressed through reverent action—snāpana and pūjā—performed with sincerity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate setting is an āśrama connected to the liṅga; the excerpt does not name the broader tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāpana (ritual bathing) of the liṅga followed by pūjā performed with great devotion.