Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

सोमवारे शिवं गौरीं पूजयस्व समाहिता । उपोषिता वा सुस्नाता विरजाम्बरधारिणी

Transliteration

somavāre śivaṃ gaurīṃ pūjayasva samāhitā | upoṣitā vā susnātā virajāmbaradhāriṇī

Translation

Pada hari Senin, sembahlah Śiva dan Gaurī dengan batin terpusat—baik dengan berpuasa, atau setelah mandi suci dengan bersih, serta mengenakan busana yang murni tanpa noda.

Word by Word

• सोमवारे: on Monday
• सोमवारे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम-वार (प्रातिपदिक; सोम + वार)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; कालवाचक-स्थानाधिकरण (locative of time)

• शिवम्: Śiva
• शिवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• गौरीम्: Gaurī (Pārvatī)
• गौरीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• पूजयस्व: worship (you should worship)
• पूजयस्व: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• समाहिता: composed, attentive
• समाहिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-धा (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण (addressing the woman)

• उपोषिता: having fasted
• उपोषिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप-वास् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-निपात (particle of alternative)

• सुस्नाता: well-bathed
• सुस्नाता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु- + स्ना (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपसर्गयुक्त; विशेषण

• विरजाम्बरधारिणी: wearing spotless garments
• विरजाम्बरधारिणी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विरज-अम्बर-धारिणी (प्रातिपदिक; विरज + अम्बर + धारिणी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (वस्त्र-धारण-विशेषण)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (didactic narrator within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee on a Monday, freshly bathed, in spotless garments, offering flowers and water to a Śiva-liṅga with Gaurī present, mind composed and hands in worship.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Gaurī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion becomes effective through inner steadiness (samādhi-like attention) and outer purity (snāna, clean clothing, optional fasting).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it teaches a vrata/ritual discipline centered on Monday worship of Śiva-Gaurī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Somavāra pūjā of Śiva and Gaurī with mental focus, with either upavāsa (fasting) or proper bathing and clean garments.