Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

अतोऽहमर्चयामीशं चतुर्दश्यां जगद्गुरुम् । त्वमपि श्रद्धया भद्रे भज देवं पिनाकिनम्

Transliteration

ato'hamarcayāmīśaṃ caturdaśyāṃ jagadgurum | tvamapi śraddhayā bhadre bhaja devaṃ pinākinam

Translation

اسی لیے میں چودھویں تِتھی کو جگت گرو، پرمیشور کی پوجا کرتا ہوں۔ تم بھی، اے بھدرے، شردھا کے ساتھ پِناک دھاری دیو شِو کی بھکتی کرو۔

Word by Word

• ataḥ: therefore, hence
• ataḥ: Hetu/Reason (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), उपपद/निपात (particle/adverbial)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), उत्तमपुरुषार्थे; प्रथमा (1st case/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• arcayāmi: I worship
• arcayāmi: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: arc (अर्च् धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपद

• īśam: the Lord
• īśam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśa (ईश प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (2nd case/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• caturdaśyām: on the fourteenth lunar day
• caturdaśyām: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caturdaśī (चतुर्दशी प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी (7th case/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• jagadgurum: the teacher of the world
• jagadgurum: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat + guru (जगत् + गुरु प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (determinative); पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), मध्यमपुरुषार्थे; प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• api: also, even
• api: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/बल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), निपात (particle)

• śraddhayā: with faith
• śraddhayā: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śraddhā (श्रद्धा प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), तृतीया (3rd case/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• bhadre: O auspicious lady
• bhadre: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhadrā (भद्रा प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• bhaja: worship, adore
• bhaja: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhaj (भज् धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपद

• devam: the god
• devam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (देव प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• pinākinam: the bearer of the bow Pināka (Śiva)
• pinākinam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pinākin (पिनाकिन् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (adjective) देवं प्रति

Speaker

Rājā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king performs Śiva-arcana on caturdaśī, instructing the queen to worship Pinākin with śraddhā; Śiva as Jagadguru is implied, serene and beneficent.

Characters & Entities

• Īśa
• Jagadguru
• Pinākin (Śiva)
• caturdaśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faithful worship of Śiva, especially on caturdaśī, is upheld as a direct path to merit and inner uplift.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse praises Śiva worship in general (likely temple-based); no named tīrtha is specified.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Arcana (worship) of Śiva on caturdaśī is explicitly prescribed, emphasizing śraddhā (faith).