Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

केवलेनापि ये कुर्युः सोमवारे शिवार्चनम् । न तेषां विद्यते किंचिदिहामुत्र च दुर्लभम्

Transliteration

kevalenāpi ye kuryuḥ somavāre śivārcanam | na teṣāṃ vidyate kiṃcidihāmutra ca durlabham

Translation

Rien que par cela — adorer Śiva le lundi — rien n’est difficile à obtenir pour eux, ici-bas comme dans l’au-delà.

Word by Word

• केवलेन: with mere (means)
• केवलेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: केवल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; साधनवाचक (Instrumental singular; 'even with only/merely')

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधानार्थक (indeclinable particle: even)

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम (Masculine, Nominative plural; relative pronoun)

• कुर्युः: should do/perform
• कुर्युः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन (Optative, 3rd person plural)

• सोमवारे: on Monday
• सोमवारे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम-वार (प्रातिपदिक; सोम + वार)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन (Masculine, Locative singular)

• शिवार्चनम्: worship of Śiva
• शिवार्चनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव-अर्चन (प्रातिपदिक; शिव + अर्चन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative singular)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (indeclinable negation)

• तेषाम्: for them/of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन (Masculine, Genitive plural)

• विद्यते: exists/is found
• विद्यते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (Present, 3rd person singular; 'exists')

• किञ्चित्: anything
• किञ्चित्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किञ्चित् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; अनिश्चित-सर्वनाम (Neuter, Nom/Acc singular; 'anything')

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (indeclinable adverb: here/in this world)

• अमुत्र: there (in the next world)
• अमुत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अमुत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (indeclinable adverb: there/in the other world)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (indeclinable conjunction: and)

• दुर्लभम्: hard to obtain
• दुर्लभम्: Pradhana (प्रधान/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्लभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (Neuter Nom/Acc singular; predicate adjective)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somavāra-Śivarcanā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A poor devotee offers a single bilva leaf on Monday; behind him appear symbolic boons—health, prosperity, and a luminous gateway to liberation—showing ‘nothing is difficult’ for such a worshipper.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Somavāra (Monday)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Regular Monday worship of Śiva is praised as highly effective for attaining both worldly welfare and spiritual ends.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named; the emphasis is on sacred timing (Somavāra) and devotion to Śiva.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform Śiva-arcana (formal worship) specifically on Mondays.