Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 10
Devanagari script
उपोषितः शुचिर्भूत्वा सोमवारे जितेंद्रियः । वैदिकैर्लौकिकैर्वापि विधिवत्पूजयेच्छिवम्
Transliteration
upoṣitaḥ śucirbhūtvā somavāre jiteṃdriyaḥ | vaidikairlaukikairvāpi vidhivatpūjayecchivam
Translation
सोमवारी उपवास करून, शुद्ध होऊन व इंद्रिये जिंकून, वैदिक किंवा लौकिक विधीने विधिवत् शिवपूजा करावी।
Word by Word
उपोषितःhaving fasted
उपोषितः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootउप-√वस् (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तरि-भावे (PPP; Masculine, Nominative singular; 'having fasted')
शुचिःpure
शुचिः:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (Masculine, Nominative singular; adjective)
भूत्वाhaving become
भूत्वा:
Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√भू (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वक्रिया (having become)
सोमवारेon Monday
सोमवारे:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootसोम-वार (प्रातिपदिक; सोम + वार)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन (Masculine, Locative singular)
जितेन्द्रियःself-controlled
जितेन्द्रियः:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootजित-इन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक; जित + इन्द्रिय)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—यस्य इन्द्रियाणि जितानि सः (Masculine, Nominative singular; bahuvrihi: 'one whose senses are conquered')
वैदिकैःwith Vedic (rites)
वैदिकैः:
Karana (करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootवैदिक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; विशेषण (Masculine, Instrumental plural; qualifying विधिभिः understood)
लौकिकैःwith worldly (rites)
लौकिकैः:
Karana (करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootलौकिक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; विशेषण (Masculine, Instrumental plural)
वाor
वा:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; विकल्पार्थक (indeclinable disjunctive: or)
अपिalso
अपि:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय/अवधानार्थक (indeclinable: also/even)
विधिवत्properly, as prescribed
विधिवत्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविधिवत् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb: according to rule)
पूजयेत्should worship
पूजयेत्:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√पूज् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (Optative, 3rd person singular; 'should worship')
शिवम्Śiva
शिवम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootशिव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative singular)
Speaker
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta)
Characters & Entities
Ś
ŚivaS
Somavāra (Monday)V
Vaidika (Vedic rites)FAQs
Discipline—fasting, purity, and sense-control—strengthens devotion, making Monday worship of Śiva especially fruitful.
No particular holy site is mentioned; the verse glorifies a vrata and proper worship-method rather than a geography.
On Monday: observe fasting (upavāsa), maintain purity, restrain the senses, and worship Śiva properly using either Vedic or customary rites.