Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

यस्तयोर्विधिवत्स्नानं कृत्वा पूजयते नरः । शूद्रकेश्वरसंज्ञं च लिंगं श्रद्धासमन्वितः

Transliteration

yastayorvidhivatsnānaṃ kṛtvā pūjayate naraḥ | śūdrakeśvarasaṃjñaṃ ca liṃgaṃ śraddhāsamanvitaḥ

Translation

Phàm ai, sau khi tắm gội đúng nghi thức tại những dòng nước thánh ấy, lại với lòng tín thành mà thờ phụng Liṅga mang danh Śūdrakeśvara—

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (relative pronoun)

• तयोः: of those two (rivers)
• तयोः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, द्विवचन (genitive dual)

• विधिवत्: according to proper rite
• विधिवत्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vidhi + vat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): ‘according to rule/ritually’

• स्नानम्: bath
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having performed
• कृत्वा: Kriya (Non-finite verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund): ‘having done’

• पूजयते: worships
• पूजयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• शूद्रकेश्वरसंज्ञम्: named ‘Śūdrakeśvara’
• शूद्रकेश्वरसंज्ञम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śūdra + īśvara + saṃjñā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘Śūdrakeśvara’-नामक (named Śūdrakeśvara)

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

• लिङ्गम्: the liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• श्रद्धासमन्वितः: endowed with faith
• श्रद्धासमन्वितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śraddhā + samanvita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः—‘śraddhayā samanvitaḥ’ (endowed with faith)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Māhātmya narrative style within Skanda Purāṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śūdrakeśvara

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims descend stone steps to bathe; after drying and donning clean cloth, they approach the Śūdrakeśvara liṅga with offerings—water-pot, bilva leaves, incense—hands folded in faith.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṅgā
• Yamunā
• Śūdrakeśvara
• Śiva (Liṅga)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faithful worship after proper tīrtha-bathing is upheld as a complete religious act leading to spiritual purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śūdrakeśvara Liṅga at the Gaṅgā–Yamunā sacred waters (confluence-region tīrtha).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform vidhivat snāna (ritual bathing) and then pūjā (worship) of the Śūdrakeśvara liṅga with śraddhā.