Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

अथ प्रदोषसमये प्राप्ते संपूज्य शंकरम् । तस्मिन्गृहांतिकमठे गुरोस्तस्य च सन्निधौ

Transliteration

atha pradoṣasamaye prāpte saṃpūjya śaṃkaram | tasmingṛhāṃtikamaṭhe gurostasya ca sannidhau

Translation

പിന്നീട് പ്രദോഷസമയം വന്നപ്പോൾ ശങ്കരനെ വിധിപൂർവ്വം പൂജിച്ചു; വീട്ടിനടുത്തുള്ള ആ മഠത്തിൽ ഗുരുവിന്റെ സന്നിധിയിൽ അവൾ പാർത്തു।

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (sequence-marker/particle)

• प्रदोषसमये: at the time of pradoṣa (evening)
• प्रदोषसमये: Adhikaraṇa (time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रदोष (प्रातिपदिक) + समय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (प्रदोषस्य समयः); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (locative), एकवचन

• प्राप्ते: when it had arrived
• प्राप्ते: Adhikaraṇa (locative absolute: time circumstance)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र+आप् (धातु)
• Form: सप्तमी-absolute (locative absolute) कृदन्त: क्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; अर्थ: 'when (it) had arrived'

• संपूज्य: having worshipped
• संपूज्य: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (पूर्वकालिक क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्+पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); धातु: सम्+पूज् (to worship fully)

• शंकरम्: Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• शंकरम्: Karma (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (accusative), एकवचन

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्ति (locative), एकवचन

• गृहांतिकमठे: in the monastery near the house
• गृहांतिकमठे: Adhikaraṇa (location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक) + आन्तिक (प्रातिपदिक) + मठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (गृहस्य आन्तिके स्थितः मठः); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• गुरोः: of the guru
• गुरोः: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (genitive), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (genitive), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (conjunctive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सन्निधौ: in the presence
• सन्निधौ: Adhikaraṇa (location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (locative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (continued narration context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pradoṣa-kāla Śaṅkara-sannidhi (time-based sanctity)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At twilight, a small Śiva shrine in an āśrama near a home; the woman offers flowers and lamp to Śaṅkara while the guru sits nearby, witnessing.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pradoṣa-time devotion to Śiva, supported by guru presence, intensifies the sanctity and success of observance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha; the verse highlights pradoṣa-kāla as a sacred time, and the maṭha as a sanctified setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śiva-pūjā at pradoṣa time, performed while remaining in the guru’s presence.