Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

त्वया सह गमिष्यामि शिवस्य परमं पदम् । चतुर्दश्यां चतुर्दश्यामेवं संपूज्य शंकरम्

Transliteration

tvayā saha gamiṣyāmi śivasya paramaṃ padam | caturdaśyāṃ caturdaśyāmevaṃ saṃpūjya śaṃkaram

Translation

Mit dir werde ich zur höchsten Wohnstatt Śivas gehen—da ich so Śaṅkara an jedem Caturdaśī, dem vierzehnten Mondtag, verehrt habe.

Word by Word

• त्वया: with you
• त्वया: Sahakaraka (Associate/सहकारक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; सह-योगे करणम्

• सह: together with
• सह: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहार्थक-अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश (postposition-like indeclinable)

• गमिष्यामि: I shall go
• गमिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• शिवस्य: of Śiva
• शिवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (पदम्)

• पदम्: abode/state
• पदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; गत्यर्थकक्रियायाः कर्म

• चतुर्दश्याम्: on the fourteenth (tithi)
• चतुर्दश्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; कालाधिकरण (on the fourteenth lunar day)

• चतुर्दश्याम्: on the fourteenth (again)
• चतुर्दश्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (emphatic repetition)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• संपूज्य: having duly worshipped
• संपूज्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive); ‘संपूजयित्वा’ (having worshipped)

• शंकरम्: Śaṅkara
• शंकरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (context suggests vow of Śiva-worship leading to liberation, addressed to the spouse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Caturdaśī-Śiva-vrata (observance rather than place)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees worship Śiva on caturdaśī night: lamps flicker, bilva leaves and water are offered to a liṅga; the pair of devotees vow to attain Śiva’s abode together.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Śaṅkara
• Caturdaśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady devotional observance (regular Śiva-pūjā) is portrayed as a direct cause for attaining Śiva’s highest state.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No earthly tīrtha is specified; the goal is Śiva’s ‘paramaṃ padam’ (supreme abode).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship (saṃpūjā) of Śaṅkara on every caturdaśī (the 14th lunar day), implying a recurring Śaiva vrata/observance.