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

It is this very Caturdaśī of the dark fortnight of Māgha that the gods, beginning with Brahmā, praise throughout the worlds, and the sages too—Vasiṣṭha and the rest.

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).