Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

इत्थमाराधय शिवं सोमवारे शिवामपि । अत्यापदमपि प्राप्ता निस्तीर्णाभिभवा भवेः

Transliteration

itthamārādhaya śivaṃ somavāre śivāmapi | atyāpadamapi prāptā nistīrṇābhibhavā bhaveḥ

Translation

هكذا فاعبد شِيفا، وفي يوم الاثنين اعبد شِيفا (الإلهة) أيضًا. وإن وقعتَ في بلاءٍ بالغٍ، فستعبره ولن تُغلَب.

Word by Word

• इत्थम्: thus, in this manner
• इत्थम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत्थम् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• आराधय: worship, propitiate
• आराधय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ√राध् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Imperative, 2nd person singular

• शिवम्: Śiva
• शिवम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/2nd case), एकवचन — Accusative singular

• सोमवारे: on Monday
• सोमवारे: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमवार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण/7th case), एकवचन — Locative singular

• शिवाम्: Śivā (Pārvatī)
• शिवाम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/2nd case), एकवचन — Accusative singular

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: also/even)

• अति: very, exceedingly
• अति: Upapada-modifier (Intensifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अति (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्ग/अव्यय (intensifier: exceedingly)

• आपदम्: calamity, distress
• आपदम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आपद्/आपद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/2nd case), एकवचन — Accusative singular

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: even)

• प्राप्ता: having reached, having encountered
• प्राप्ता: Karta-anvayi (Predicate adjective to subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र√आप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकालिक विशेषण; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Past participle used adjectivally, feminine nominative singular

• निस्तीर्णा: crossed over, overcome
• निस्तीर्णा: Karta-anvayi (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निस्√तॄ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Past participle, feminine nominative singular

• अभिभवा: having conquered, having subdued
• अभिभवा: Karta-anvayi (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि√भू (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Past participle, feminine nominative singular

• भवेः: you would be / you will become
• भवेः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Optative, 2nd person singular

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (didactic narrator within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa context)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A sīmāntinī (married woman)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee performing Monday worship before a liṅga, with Śivā’s presence (icon or imagined) beside; atmosphere of protection—storm or calamity hinted outside, calm sanctum within.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Śivā (Pārvatī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady devotion to Śiva and the Goddess is presented as a raft across crisis, giving resilience and divine protection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is specified; the emphasis is on the power (prabhāva) of Somavāra Śiva-Śivā worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ārādhanā/pūjā of Śiva and Śivā specifically on Monday (Somavāra).