Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 34
Devanagari script
अत ऊर्ध्वच्छदे मायां सह लक्ष्म्या शिवेन च
Transliteration
ata ūrdhvacchade māyāṃ saha lakṣmyā śivena ca
Translation
其上，于上覆之处，当安置摩耶（Māyā），并与吉祥天女（Lakṣmī）及湿婆（Śiva）同置。
Word by Word
अतःthereafter / therefore
अतः:
Sambandha (Discourse link/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअतः (अव्यय)
Formहेतौ/अनन्तरार्थे अव्यय (thereafter/therefore)
ऊर्ध्व-च्छदेin the upper covering/layer
ऊर्ध्व-च्छदे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootऊर्ध्व (प्रातिपदिक) + छद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण/Locative), एकवचन; ‘ऊर्ध्वच्छदे’ = ऊर्ध्वच्छद-स्थाने/ऊर्ध्वच्छदे (upper covering/upper layer)
मायाम्Māyā
मायाम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमाया (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/Object), एकवचन
सहtogether with
सह:
Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारि)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह (अव्यय)
Formसहार्थक-अव्यय (preposition-like indeclinable); तृतीयया सह प्रयोगः
लक्ष्म्याwith Lakṣmī
लक्ष्म्या:
Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारि)
TypeNoun
Rootलक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (सह/Instrumental), एकवचन
शिवेनwith Śiva
शिवेन:
Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारि)
TypeNoun
Rootशिव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (सह/Instrumental), एकवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)
Speaker
Narratorial/Instructional voice (maṇḍala layering instruction)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A tiered maṇḍala: below are pīṭhas; above, a canopy-like band where Māyā is visualized as a veiling radiance, flanked by Lakṣmī (lotus, gold) and Śiva (ash-white, crescent moon).
Characters & Entities
M
MāyāL
LakṣmīŚ
ŚivaFAQs
The divine powers of manifestation and prosperity are integrated under Śiva’s supremacy within ritual cosmology.
No tīrtha is named; this is a technical placement instruction within pūjā-vidhi.
Place/install Māyā on the upper covering layer, along with Lakṣmī and Śiva.