Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

अन्यापि मानुषी याऽत्र वाप्यां स्नात्वा समाहिता । पञ्चम्यां वत्सरं यावच्छुक्लपक्षे ह्युपस्थिते । पूजयिष्यति मल्लिंगं यच्चाद्य स्थापितं त्वया

Transliteration

anyāpi mānuṣī yā'tra vāpyāṃ snātvā samāhitā | pañcamyāṃ vatsaraṃ yāvacchuklapakṣe hyupasthite | pūjayiṣyati malliṃgaṃ yaccādya sthāpitaṃ tvayā

Translation

“Bất cứ người phụ nữ nào khác nữa, nếu giữ tâm chuyên nhất, tắm gội tại hồ thiêng này, và vào ngày mồng năm (Pañcamī) của nửa tháng sáng, liên tục trọn một năm, mà phụng thờ Malliṅga—linh tượng mà hôm nay nàng đã an vị—”

Word by Word

• anyā: another
• anyā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• mānuṣī: a human woman
• mānuṣī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānuṣī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• yā: who
• yā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• vāpyām: in the pond/tank
• vāpyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāpī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: snā (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकाल (having done)

• samāhitā: composed/collected (in mind)
• samāhitā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-dhā (धातु) + ta (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तरि/भावे—'समाहित' (composed)

• pañcamyām: on the fifth (lunar day)
• pañcamyām: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pañcamī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तिथि-नाम

• vatsaram: for a year
• vatsaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vatsara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कालपरिमाण

• yāvat: until/as long as
• yāvat: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय/सर्वनाम)
• Form: परिमाण/अवधि-बोधक अव्यय (until/as long as)

• śukla-pakṣe: in the bright fortnight
• śukla-pakṣe: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śukla + pakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (शुक्लः पक्षः)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• upasthite: when (it) has arrived
• upasthite: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: upa-sthā (धातु) + ta (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (when it has arrived)

• pūjayiṣyati: will worship
• pūjayiṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• mat-liṅgam: my liṅga (emblem of Śiva)
• mat-liṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (सर्वनाम) + liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मम लिङ्गम्)

• yat: which
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• adya: today/now
• adya: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (today/now)

• sthāpitam: established/installed
• sthāpitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthā (धातु) + ṇic (causative) + ta (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; णिजन्त-धातु (स्थापयति)

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Śiva (Mahādeva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: मल्लिङ्ग-वापी

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Vaṭikī (and by extension future pilgrims)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A woman performs ritual bathing in a stepped tank at dawn, then offers flowers, bilva leaves, and water to a freshly installed liṅga shrine; a calendar-like sense of repeated monthly observance is implied.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Mahādeva)
• Malliṅga
• vāpī (sacred tank)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Regular, time-bound worship (vrata) combined with tīrtha-bathing purifies intention and yields auspicious results.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A local tīrtha marked by a vāpī (tank) and the Malliṅga installed there; the text praises its ritual efficacy.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathe in the vāpī and worship the Malliṅga on pañcamī of the bright fortnight, maintaining the observance for one year.