Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

इति संकल्पमुच्चार्य यथावत्सुसमाहितः । अंगन्यासं ततः कृत्वा ध्यायेदीशं च पार्वतीम्

Transliteration

iti saṃkalpamuccārya yathāvatsusamāhitaḥ | aṃganyāsaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā dhyāyedīśaṃ ca pārvatīm

Translation

هكذا، بعد أن يُتلى السَّنْكَلْبَا (saṅkalpa) على وجهه الصحيح مع تمام التركيز، يُؤدَّى نياسا الأعضاء؛ ثم يُتأمَّل في الربِّ إيشا (شيفا) والإلهة بارفتي.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative particle/‘thus’)

• संकल्पम्: resolve; intention
• संकल्पम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संकल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• उच्चार्य: having uttered
• उच्चार्य: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (पूर्वकर्म/Adverbial to main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-चर् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund); ‘उच्चार्य’ = having uttered/recited

• यथावत्: properly; as prescribed
• यथावत्: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• सुसमाहितः: well-composed; fully attentive
• सुसमाहितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-समाहित (सम्-आ-धा धातु; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्यय (past participle) ‘well-collected/attentive’

• अङ्गन्यासम्: limb-nyāsa (ritual placement on limbs)
• अङ्गन्यासम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग-न्यास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अङ्गस्य न्यासः)

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Temporal adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/क्रमवाचक (then/thereafter)

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (पूर्वकर्म/Adverbial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund) ‘having done’

• ध्यायेत्: should meditate
• ध्यायेत्: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ध्यै (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदी

• ईशम्: the Lord (Śiva)
• ईशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• पार्वतीम्: Pārvatī
• पार्वतीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Unknown (contextual narrator within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A focused sādhaka seated on kuśa grass, hands in ritual gesture, completing saṅkalpa and touching limbs in nyāsa, then turning inward to visualize Śiva and Pārvatī together in serene union.

Characters & Entities

• Īśa (Śiva)
• Pārvatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True worship begins with disciplined intention (saṅkalpa), bodily-sacred preparation (nyāsa), and focused meditation on the Divine Couple.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it teaches a general sādhana method used across Śaiva pilgrimage and temple worship contexts.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pronouncing saṅkalpa, performing aṅganyāsa, and then meditating on Śiva and Pārvatī.