Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

इत्थमाराधय शिवं सोमवारे शिवामपि । अत्यापदमपि प्राप्ता निस्तीर्णाभिभवा भवेः

Transliteration

itthamārādhaya śivaṃ somavāre śivāmapi | atyāpadamapi prāptā nistīrṇābhibhavā bhaveḥ

Translation

Thus worship Śiva—and on Monday, Śivā (the Goddess) as well. Even if you fall into extreme calamity, you will cross beyond it and will not be overcome.

Word by Word

• इत्थम्: thus, in this manner
• इत्थम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत्थम् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• आराधय: worship, propitiate
• आराधय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ√राध् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Imperative, 2nd person singular

• शिवम्: Śiva
• शिवम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/2nd case), एकवचन — Accusative singular

• सोमवारे: on Monday
• सोमवारे: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमवार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण/7th case), एकवचन — Locative singular

• शिवाम्: Śivā (Pārvatī)
• शिवाम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/2nd case), एकवचन — Accusative singular

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: also/even)

• अति: very, exceedingly
• अति: Upapada-modifier (Intensifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अति (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्ग/अव्यय (intensifier: exceedingly)

• आपदम्: calamity, distress
• आपदम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आपद्/आपद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/2nd case), एकवचन — Accusative singular

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: even)

• प्राप्ता: having reached, having encountered
• प्राप्ता: Karta-anvayi (Predicate adjective to subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र√आप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकालिक विशेषण; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Past participle used adjectivally, feminine nominative singular

• निस्तीर्णा: crossed over, overcome
• निस्तीर्णा: Karta-anvayi (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निस्√तॄ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Past participle, feminine nominative singular

• अभिभवा: having conquered, having subdued
• अभिभवा: Karta-anvayi (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि√भू (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Past participle, feminine nominative singular

• भवेः: you would be / you will become
• भवेः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Optative, 2nd person singular

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (didactic narrator within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa context)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A sīmāntinī (married woman)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee performing Monday worship before a liṅga, with Śivā’s presence (icon or imagined) beside; atmosphere of protection—storm or calamity hinted outside, calm sanctum within.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Śivā (Pārvatī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady devotion to Śiva and the Goddess is presented as a raft across crisis, giving resilience and divine protection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is specified; the emphasis is on the power (prabhāva) of Somavāra Śiva-Śivā worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ārādhanā/pūjā of Śiva and Śivā specifically on Monday (Somavāra).