Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

त्वया सह गमिष्यामि शिवस्य परमं पदम् । चतुर्दश्यां चतुर्दश्यामेवं संपूज्य शंकरम्

Transliteration

tvayā saha gamiṣyāmi śivasya paramaṃ padam | caturdaśyāṃ caturdaśyāmevaṃ saṃpūjya śaṃkaram

Translation

تمہارے ساتھ میں شِو کے پرم پد (اعلیٰ دھام) کو جاؤں گا؛ یوں ہر چَتُردشی کے دن شنکر کی اسی طرح سمپوجا کر کے۔

Word by Word

• त्वया: with you
• त्वया: Sahakaraka (Associate/सहकारक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; सह-योगे करणम्

• सह: together with
• सह: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहार्थक-अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश (postposition-like indeclinable)

• गमिष्यामि: I shall go
• गमिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• शिवस्य: of Śiva
• शिवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (पदम्)

• पदम्: abode/state
• पदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; गत्यर्थकक्रियायाः कर्म

• चतुर्दश्याम्: on the fourteenth (tithi)
• चतुर्दश्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; कालाधिकरण (on the fourteenth lunar day)

• चतुर्दश्याम्: on the fourteenth (again)
• चतुर्दश्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (emphatic repetition)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• संपूज्य: having duly worshipped
• संपूज्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive); ‘संपूजयित्वा’ (having worshipped)

• शंकरम्: Śaṅkara
• शंकरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (context suggests vow of Śiva-worship leading to liberation, addressed to the spouse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Caturdaśī-Śiva-vrata (observance rather than place)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees worship Śiva on caturdaśī night: lamps flicker, bilva leaves and water are offered to a liṅga; the pair of devotees vow to attain Śiva’s abode together.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Śaṅkara
• Caturdaśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady devotional observance (regular Śiva-pūjā) is portrayed as a direct cause for attaining Śiva’s highest state.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No earthly tīrtha is specified; the goal is Śiva’s ‘paramaṃ padam’ (supreme abode).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship (saṃpūjā) of Śaṅkara on every caturdaśī (the 14th lunar day), implying a recurring Śaiva vrata/observance.