Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

चतुर्थे सोमवारे तु काष्ठमौदुम्बरं स्मृतम् । पूजयेत्तत्र गौरीशं सूक्ष्मया सहितं तथा

Transliteration

caturthe somavāre tu kāṣṭhamaudumbaraṃ smṛtam | pūjayettatra gaurīśaṃ sūkṣmayā sahitaṃ tathā

Translation

Am vierten Montag ist das vorgeschriebene Holz das des Udumbara. Dort soll man Gaurīśa (Śiva) zusammen mit Sūkṣmā, der feinen Devī, in gleicher Weise verehren.

Word by Word

• caturthe: on the fourth
• caturthe: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: caturtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; विशेषण (somavāre)

• somavāre: Monday
• somavāre: Adhikarana (Time-locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: somavāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• tu: then/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• kāṣṭham: wood
• kāṣṭham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• audumbaram: of the udumbara (fig) tree
• audumbaram: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: audumbara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (kāṣṭham)

• smṛtam: is prescribed/mentioned
• smṛtam: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: smṛ (स्मृ, स्मरणे) (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय (predicate)

• pūjayet: should worship
• pūjayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (पूज्, पूजायाम्) (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• gaurīśam: Gaurīśa (Lord of Gaurī)
• gaurīśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaurī + īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• sūkṣmayā: with (the goddess) Sūkṣmā
• sūkṣmayā: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūkṣmā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (सह/करण), एकवचन; ‘with Sūkṣmā’ (name/epithet)

• sahitam: accompanied (by)
• sahitam: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sahita (सह्-क्त, कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (gaurīśam)

• tathā: thus/likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus/so)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa Māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Fourth Monday: the devotee brings udumbara wood requisites and worships Gaurīśa—Śiva with Gaurī—while a subtle Devī aura (Sūkṣmā) is shown as an inner radiance accompanying the Lord.

Characters & Entities

• Gaurīśa (Śiva)
• Sūkṣmā (Devī/Śakti)
• Udumbara
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva worship is fulfilled when Śakti is honored alongside Him; sacred materials support focused devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, the setting for these Monday observances.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Use udumbara wood as prescribed and worship Gaurīśa together with Sūkṣmā.