Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 116

Devanagari script

अनेन यः सुहृदयं श्रावणेऽभ्यर्च्य दर्शके । वैशाखे च त्रयोदश्यां कृष्णपक्षे द्विजोत्तमाः । शतदीपैः पूरिकाभिः संस्तवेत्तस्य तुष्यति

Transliteration

anena yaḥ suhṛdayaṃ śrāvaṇe'bhyarcya darśake | vaiśākhe ca trayodaśyāṃ kṛṣṇapakṣe dvijottamāḥ | śatadīpaiḥ pūrikābhiḥ saṃstavettasya tuṣyati

Translation

Hỡi các bậc Bà-la-môn tối thượng, ai dùng bài tán tụng này mà thờ phụng vị thần có lòng từ ái ấy vào ngày Amāvāsyā của tháng Śrāvaṇa, rồi lại vào ngày thứ mười ba của nửa tháng tối (Kṛṣṇa-pakṣa) trong tháng Vaiśākha, ca ngợi Ngài với một trăm ngọn đèn và lễ vật bánh pūrikā, thì Ngài hoan hỷ mãn nguyện.

Word by Word

• anena: by this
• anena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन — instrumental singular ‘by this (hymn)’

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — masculine nominative singular (relative)

• suhṛdayam: the kind-hearted one (deity)
• suhṛdayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suhṛdaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — neuter accusative singular (object of abhyarcya)

• śrāvaṇe: in Śrāvaṇa (month)
• śrāvaṇe: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrāvaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — locative singular (month)

• abhyarcya: having worshipped
• abhyarcya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: abhi+√arc अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (त्वान्त) — gerund ‘having worshipped’

• darśake: on the new-moon day
• darśake: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — locative singular; ‘on the day of darśa/new-moon’

• vaiśākhe: in Vaiśākha (month)
• vaiśākhe: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaiśākha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — locative singular (month)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय — conjunction

• trayodaśyām: on the thirteenth lunar day
• trayodaśyām: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: trayodaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — locative singular (tithi)

• kṛṣṇapakṣe: in the dark fortnight
• kṛṣṇapakṣe: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa+pakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — locative singular

• dvijottamāḥ: best of the twice-born (brāhmaṇas)
• dvijottamāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija+uttama (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — masculine nominative plural (addressing/subject)

• śatadīpaiḥ: with a hundred lamps
• śatadīpaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śata+dīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन — masculine instrumental plural

• pūrikābhiḥ: with pūrikā cakes
• pūrikābhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūrikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन — feminine instrumental plural

• saṃstavet: should praise
• saṃstavet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṃ+√stu स्तु (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (सम्भावना/विधि), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद — optative, 3rd person singular ‘should praise’

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन — genitive singular

• tuṣyati: is pleased
• tuṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √tuṣ तुष् (धातु)
• Form: लट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद — present, 3rd person singular

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Guptakṣetra-associated shrine of Sūryavarcā/Barbarīka

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas/audience of the narration

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmins/devotees worship the kind-hearted Yakṣa-king with the hymn; a hundred lamps blaze before the shrine, and pūrikā offerings are arranged on leaf-plates; the calendar tithis are indicated by moon-phase motifs.

Characters & Entities

• Barbarīka (implied as ‘suhṛdaya’)
• Śrāvaṇa
• Vaiśākha
• Darśa (Amāvāsyā)
• Trayodaśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Timed devotion—worship aligned with sacred lunar days—intensifies merit and draws swift divine favor.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The rite belongs to the chapter’s Guptakṣetra-Barbarīka mahatmya context, though the verse itself focuses on dates and offerings.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship on Śrāvaṇa Amāvāsyā (Darśa) and on Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī, with stotra-recitation, 100 lamps, and pūrikā offerings.