Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

तस्मान्मद्वचनाद्भानो चतुर्दश्यां मधौ सिते । यन्मया स्थापितं तत्र लिंगं पूज्यं हि तत्त्व या

Transliteration

tasmānmadvacanādbhāno caturdaśyāṃ madhau site | yanmayā sthāpitaṃ tatra liṃgaṃ pūjyaṃ hi tattva yā

Translation

“Vì thế, hỡi Bhānu (Thái Dương), theo lời ta, vào ngày mười bốn sáng (śukla caturdaśī) của tháng Madhu (Caitra), liṅga do ta an lập tại đó phải được phụng thờ với chánh tri kiến và đúng pháp.”

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Reason/source: therefore/from that)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/अपादान), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम (Pronoun)

• मद्वचनात्: from my instruction
• मद्वचनात्: Apadana (Source/authority)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद् (अस्मद्-षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध) + वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (Genitive determinative: 'my word'), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन (Singular)

• भानो: O Sun
• भानो: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भानु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• चतुर्दश्याम्: on the fourteenth (tithi)
• चतुर्दश्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन (Singular)

• मधौ: in spring (Madhu season)
• मधौ: Adhikarana (Time/season)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• सिते: in the bright (fortnight)
• सिते: Adhikarana (Qualifier of time)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण of (पक्षे understood)

• यत्: which/that (thing)
• यत्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन (Singular); सम्बन्ध-प्रयोग (relative pronoun)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Agent/instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• स्थापितम्: established/installed
• स्थापितम्: Karma (Object described)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थापित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); यत् इत्यस्य विशेषण

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (Locative adverb)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga (Śiva-emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन (Singular)

• पूज्यम्: to be worshipped
• पूज्यम्: Kriya (Obligation/predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु) → पूज्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तव्यत्/यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (Gerundive: to be worshipped), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचन (contextually agreeing with लिङ्गम् as predicate)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (Emphatic particle)

• तत्त्वया: truly/in accordance with truth
• तत्त्वया: Karana (Manner/with truth)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular); पाठभेद-संदेह: IAST 'tattva yā' likely = 'तत्त्वया'

Speaker

Unnamed Muni (addressing Bhānu/Sūrya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sūrya (Bhānu)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A consecrated Śiva-liṅga at a tīrtha, adorned with bilva leaves and water offerings; the Sun-god addressed directly, with the bright fortnight moon implied by the calendrical specificity; the sage instructs worship ‘with tattva’.

Characters & Entities

• Bhānu (Sūrya)
• Śiva-liṅga
• Caitra (Madhu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Obedience to dharmic instruction and worship performed with tattva (right understanding) makes a ritual spiritually effective.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse points to a particular tīrtha in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa where an established Śiva-liṅga is to be worshipped; the exact place-name is implied by the surrounding narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pūjā is prescribed on the bright Caturdaśī (14th lunar day) of the month Madhu/Caitra.