Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

यस्तत्पूजयते भक्त्या शयने बोधने हरेः । उपवासपरो भूत्वा स गच्छेद्वैष्णवं पदम्

Transliteration

yastatpūjayate bhaktyā śayane bodhane hareḥ | upavāsaparo bhūtvā sa gacchedvaiṣṇavaṃ padam

Translation

من يعبد ذلك الربّ بتفانٍ عند اضطجاع هريّ وعند يقظته، ويلازم الصيام، يبلغ المقامَ الأعلى، مقامَ الفيشناويّين.

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• तत्: that (him/that deity)
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘पूजयते’ इत्यस्य कर्म

• पूजयते: worships
• पूजयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• शयने: at the (time of) lying down
• शयने: Adhikarana (Location/occasion/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शयन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘पूजयते’ इत्यस्य अधिकरण (occasion)

• बोधने: at the (time of) waking
• बोधने: Adhikarana (Location/occasion/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बोधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘पूजयते’ इत्यस्य अधिकरण

• हरेः: of Hari
• हरेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• उपवासपरः: intent on fasting
• उपवासपरः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपवास+पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः (upavāse paraḥ = devoted to fasting); ‘यः’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), अव्ययभाव (having become)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• गच्छेत्: would go/attains
• गच्छेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वैष्णवम्: Vaiṣṇava
• वैष्णवम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैष्णव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘पदम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

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

Speaker

Sūta (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jalaśāyī-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees fasting, holding tulasī and lamps, worshiping Viṣṇu at two ritual moments: the ceremonial ‘putting to sleep’ (śayana) and ‘awakening’ (bodhana), with temple priests performing ārati.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Vaiṣṇava padam

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Bhakti joined with disciplined observance (fasting) is presented as a direct path to the Lord’s highest state.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha of Jalaśāyī Hari introduced in the preceding verse; the benefit is linked to worship there/then.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship at Hari’s ‘reclining’ and ‘awakening’ observances, coupled with upavāsa (fasting).