Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

आगच्छ देवदेवेश महादेवाभयंकर । गृहाण सह पार्वत्या तव पूजां मया कृताम्

Transliteration

āgaccha devadeveśa mahādevābhayaṃkara | gṛhāṇa saha pārvatyā tava pūjāṃ mayā kṛtām

Translation

ကြွလာပါ၊ ဒေဝတို့၏ ဒေဝရှင်၊ အဘယ (မကြောက်မရွံ့) ကို ပေးသနားသော မဟာဒေဝ; ပါဝတီနှင့်အတူ ကျွန်ုပ်ပြုလုပ်ထားသော ပူဇော်မှုကို လက်ခံတော်မူပါ။

Word by Word

• आगच्छ: come
• आगच्छ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• देव-देव-ईश: O Lord of the gods
• देव-देव-ईश: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति, एकवचन; संज्ञा

• महादेव-अभयङ्कर: O Mahādeva, maker of fearlessness
• महादेव-अभयङ्कर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव (प्रातिपदिक) + अभयङ्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति, एकवचन; संज्ञा/विशेषणवत् संबोधनम्

• गृहाण: accept
• गृहाण: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्गसदृशं सहार्थकं (with)

• पार्वत्या: with Pārvatī
• पार्वत्या: Sahakarana (Instrument of accompaniment/सहकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पूजाम्: worship, offering
• पूजाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कृताम्: done, performed
• कृताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (√कृ धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त विशेषणम् (पूजाम् इति विशेष्यस्य)

Speaker

A devotee/worshipper (ritual petitioner) addressing Śiva

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pūjā altar with liṅga or Śiva icon; the devotee performs āvāhana with añjali; Śiva appears with Pārvatī, radiating calm, granting fearlessness.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Mahādeva
• Pārvatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True worship includes inviting the deity with devotion and seeking abhaya (fearlessness) through divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the verse is a general pūjā-invocation used in Śaiva worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Āvāhana and acceptance (gṛhāṇa) formula: inviting Śiva and requesting Him (with Pārvatī) to accept the completed pūjā.