Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

अत्र त्वां पूजयिष्यामो वयं सर्वे समेत्य च । चैत्रशुक्लचतुर्द्दश्यां दृष्ट्वा त्वां यांतु सद्गतिम्

Transliteration

atra tvāṃ pūjayiṣyāmo vayaṃ sarve sametya ca | caitraśuklacaturddaśyāṃ dṛṣṭvā tvāṃ yāṃtu sadgatim

Translation

ഇവിടെ ഞങ്ങൾ എല്ലാവരും ഒന്നിച്ചു നിന്നെ പൂജിക്കും; ചൈത്ര ശുക്ല ചതുര്ദശിയിൽ നിന്നെ ദർശിക്കുന്നവർ സദ്ഗതി പ്രാപിക്കട്ടെ।

Word by Word

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: “here”)

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• पूजयिष्यामः: we will worship
• पूजयिष्यामः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन (Plural); परस्मैपद

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• समेत्य: having assembled
• समेत्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्-इ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive: having come together)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction: and)

• चैत्र-शुक्ल-चतुर्दश्याम्: on the bright fourteenth of Caitra
• चैत्र-शुक्ल-चतुर्दश्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चैत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + शुक्ल (प्रातिपदिक) + चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुष (निर्देश/सम्बन्ध: “in the Citra-month’s bright fortnight’s fourteenth [tithi]”)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive: having seen)

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• यान्तु: may (they) go
• यान्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural); परस्मैपद

• सद्गतिम्: good destination
• सद्गतिम्: Karma (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक) + गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—कर्मधारय (“good” + “destination”)

Speaker

Sahasrākṣa (Indra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda Devī-darśana on Caitra-śukla-caturdaśī

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: All devas gather at the sacred spot to worship the Devī; the verse highlights an annual observance on Caitra śukla caturdaśī when devotees who behold her attain sadgati.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Caitra
• Śukla Caturdaśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Collective worship and sacred-time observance (tithi) amplify spiritual uplift and lead toward auspicious destiny.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Devī-sthāna in the Arbuda Khaṇḍa context (Mount Abu region) where her worship and darśana are praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship (pūjā) and darśana of Devī specifically on Caitra-śukla Caturdaśī.