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

So soll man, nachdem man den Saṅkalpa in rechter Weise und mit voller Sammlung ausgesprochen hat, die Aṅga-Nyāsa vollziehen; danach meditiere man über den Herrn Īśa (Śiva) und die Göttin Pārvatī.

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.