Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

अथ प्रदोषसमये प्राप्ते संपूज्य शंकरम् । तस्मिन्गृहांतिकमठे गुरोस्तस्य च सन्निधौ

Transliteration

atha pradoṣasamaye prāpte saṃpūjya śaṃkaram | tasmingṛhāṃtikamaṭhe gurostasya ca sannidhau

Translation

ثم لما حلّ وقت البرادوشا، وبعد أن عبدت شانكرا عبادةً تامة، أقامت في ذلك المتنسّك القريب من الدار، في حضرة معلّمها (الغورو) نفسه.

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (sequence-marker/particle)

• प्रदोषसमये: at the time of pradoṣa (evening)
• प्रदोषसमये: Adhikaraṇa (time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रदोष (प्रातिपदिक) + समय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (प्रदोषस्य समयः); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (locative), एकवचन

• प्राप्ते: when it had arrived
• प्राप्ते: Adhikaraṇa (locative absolute: time circumstance)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र+आप् (धातु)
• Form: सप्तमी-absolute (locative absolute) कृदन्त: क्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; अर्थ: 'when (it) had arrived'

• संपूज्य: having worshipped
• संपूज्य: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (पूर्वकालिक क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्+पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); धातु: सम्+पूज् (to worship fully)

• शंकरम्: Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• शंकरम्: Karma (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (accusative), एकवचन

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्ति (locative), एकवचन

• गृहांतिकमठे: in the monastery near the house
• गृहांतिकमठे: Adhikaraṇa (location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक) + आन्तिक (प्रातिपदिक) + मठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (गृहस्य आन्तिके स्थितः मठः); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• गुरोः: of the guru
• गुरोः: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (genitive), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (genitive), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (conjunctive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सन्निधौ: in the presence
• सन्निधौ: Adhikaraṇa (location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (locative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (continued narration context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pradoṣa-kāla Śaṅkara-sannidhi (time-based sanctity)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At twilight, a small Śiva shrine in an āśrama near a home; the woman offers flowers and lamp to Śaṅkara while the guru sits nearby, witnessing.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pradoṣa-time devotion to Śiva, supported by guru presence, intensifies the sanctity and success of observance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha; the verse highlights pradoṣa-kāla as a sacred time, and the maṭha as a sanctified setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śiva-pūjā at pradoṣa time, performed while remaining in the guru’s presence.