Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

श्रीभगवानुवाच । चैत्रे शुक्लचतुर्दश्यां सांनिध्यं नृपसत्तम । अहं सदा करिष्यामि गौर्या सार्धं न संशयः

Transliteration

śrībhagavānuvāca | caitre śuklacaturdaśyāṃ sāṃnidhyaṃ nṛpasattama | ahaṃ sadā kariṣyāmi gauryā sārdhaṃ na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

Đức Thế Tôn phán: “Vào ngày mười bốn sáng (śukla caturdaśī) của tháng Caitra, hỡi bậc vương tối thượng, Ta sẽ luôn duy trì sự hiện diện đặc biệt của Ta, cùng với Gaurī; điều ấy không nghi ngờ.”

Word by Word

• śrī-bhagavān: the Blessed Lord
• śrī-bhagavān: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समास: श्रीमान् भगवान् (विशेषण-विशेष्य)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• caitre: in (the month of) Caitra
• caitre: Adhikarana (Time/काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caitra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; मास-नाम (month-name)

• śukla-caturdaśyām: on the bright fortnight’s fourteenth (tithi)
• śukla-caturdaśyām: Adhikarana (Time/काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śukla (प्रातिपदिक) + caturdaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; समास: शुक्लपक्षस्य चतुर्दशी (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• sāṃnidhyam: presence
• sāṃnidhyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāṃnidhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• nṛpa-sattama: O best of kings
• nṛpa-sattama: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; समास: नृपाणां सत्तमः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

• sadā: always
• sadā: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): सदा (always)

• kariṣyāmi: will do/make
• kariṣyāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• gauryā: with Gaurī
• gauryā: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaurī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• sārdham: together with
• sārdham: Sahakari (Accompaniment marker/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sārdham (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb/preposition-like): सार्धम् (together with)

• na: no/not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (negation particle): न (not/no)

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (Predicate noun/कर्ता-समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Śrī Bhagavān)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dhundhumāra (addressed as nṛpasattama)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva declares a specific tithi for special presence with Gaurī—suggesting a future annual gathering at the shrine with lamps, flags, and devotees.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Gaurī (Pārvatī)
• Caitra
• Śukla Caturdaśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace becomes calendrically accessible: sacred time (tithi) and sacred place (kṣetra) together intensify worship’s fruit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Camatkārapura’s liṅga is implied as the locus where Śiva promises ongoing presence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship on Caitra Śukla Caturdaśī is highlighted as a time of assured divine presence (sāṃnidhya).