Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

अत्र त्वां पूजयिष्यामो वयं सर्वे समेत्य च । चैत्रशुक्लचतुर्द्दश्यां दृष्ट्वा त्वां यांतु सद्गतिम्

Transliteration

atra tvāṃ pūjayiṣyāmo vayaṃ sarve sametya ca | caitraśuklacaturddaśyāṃ dṛṣṭvā tvāṃ yāṃtu sadgatim

Translation

هنا سنجتمع جميعًا لنعبدكِ ونقيم لكِ العبادة. وفي اليوم القمري الرابع عشر من النصف المضيء من شهر تشيترا، فليبلغ من يراكِ السبيلَ المبارك والمآلَ الحسن.

Word by Word

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: “here”)

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• पूजयिष्यामः: we will worship
• पूजयिष्यामः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन (Plural); परस्मैपद

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• समेत्य: having assembled
• समेत्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्-इ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive: having come together)

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

• चैत्र-शुक्ल-चतुर्दश्याम्: on the bright fourteenth of Caitra
• चैत्र-शुक्ल-चतुर्दश्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चैत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + शुक्ल (प्रातिपदिक) + चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुष (निर्देश/सम्बन्ध: “in the Citra-month’s bright fortnight’s fourteenth [tithi]”)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive: having seen)

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• यान्तु: may (they) go
• यान्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural); परस्मैपद

• सद्गतिम्: good destination
• सद्गतिम्: Karma (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक) + गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—कर्मधारय (“good” + “destination”)

Speaker

Sahasrākṣa (Indra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda Devī-darśana on Caitra-śukla-caturdaśī

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: All devas gather at the sacred spot to worship the Devī; the verse highlights an annual observance on Caitra śukla caturdaśī when devotees who behold her attain sadgati.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Caitra
• Śukla Caturdaśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Collective worship and sacred-time observance (tithi) amplify spiritual uplift and lead toward auspicious destiny.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Devī-sthāna in the Arbuda Khaṇḍa context (Mount Abu region) where her worship and darśana are praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship (pūjā) and darśana of Devī specifically on Caitra-śukla Caturdaśī.