Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

एतामेव प्रशंसंति लोके ब्रह्मादयः सुराः । मुनयश्च वशिष्ठाद्या माघेऽसितचतुर्दशीम्

Transliteration

etāmeva praśaṃsaṃti loke brahmādayaḥ surāḥ | munayaśca vaśiṣṭhādyā māghe'sitacaturdaśīm

Translation

মাঘ মাসের কৃষ্ণপক্ষের চতুর্দশীকেই লোকসমূহে ব্রহ্মা প্রমুখ দেবগণ প্রশংসা করেন, এবং বশিষ্ঠ প্রমুখ মুনিরাও করেন।

Word by Word

• एताम्: this (one)
• एताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphasis)

• प्रशंसन्ति: praise
• प्रशंसन्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√शंस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• ब्रह्मादयः: Brahmā and others
• ब्रह्मादयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्-आदि (प्रातिपदिक; components: ब्रह्मन् + आदि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्मा आदिः येषाम्)

• सुराः: gods
• सुराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• मुनयः: sages
• मुनयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction: and)

• वशिष्ठाद्याः: Vasiṣṭha and others
• वशिष्ठाद्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वशिष्ठ-आदि (प्रातिपदिक; components: वशिष्ठ + आदि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (वशिष्ठः आदिः येषाम्)

• माघे: in Māgha
• माघे: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• असितचतुर्दशीम्: the dark-fortnight fourteenth day
• असितचतुर्दशीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असिता-चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक; components: असिता + चतुर्दशी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (कृष्णपक्ष-चतुर्दशी)

Speaker

Deductive: Purāṇic narrator within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa (likely Sūta-style narration to sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celestial assembly: Brahmā, devas, and ṛṣis headed by Vasiṣṭha extol the Māgha kṛṣṇa caturdaśī; below, a human devotee prepares for vrata, linking heaven and earth through praise.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Vasiṣṭha
• Devas
• Ṛṣis
• Māgha Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Scriptural authority is reinforced: devas and great ṛṣis endorse the sanctity of this tithi.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No physical tīrtha is specified; the verse glorifies a calendrical sacred observance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observe Māgha kṛṣṇa caturdaśī as a specially praised holy day (commonly for Śiva worship).