Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

फाल्गुनांतचतुर्दश्यां वर्षे वर्षे जगाम सः । कृत्वा चैवोपवासं तु रात्रौ जागरणं तथा

Transliteration

phālgunāṃtacaturdaśyāṃ varṣe varṣe jagāma saḥ | kṛtvā caivopavāsaṃ tu rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ tathā

Translation

سنةً بعد سنة، في اليوم الرابع عشر عند انقضاء شهر فالغونا، كان يذهب إلى هناك؛ فيصوم صومَ النذر، ويُحيي الليل ساهرًا في العبادة.

Word by Word

• phālgunānta-caturdaśyām: on the fourteenth (tithi) at the end of Phālguna
• phālgunānta-caturdaśyām: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phālguna-anta + caturdaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: फाल्गुनस्य अन्ते या चतुर्दशी

• varṣe: in a year
• varṣe: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• varṣe: each year
• varṣe: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (repetition for distributive sense)

• jagāma: went
• jagāma: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

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

• kṛtvā: having performed
• kṛtvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund): ‘having done’

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): and

• eva: indeed, just
• eva: Nipata (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle): indeed/just

• upavāsam: fasting
• upavāsam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upavāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• tu: and, then
• tu: Nipata (Discourse/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle): but/and then

• rātrau: at night
• rātrau: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rātri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• jāgaraṇam: keeping vigil
• jāgaraṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāgaraṇa (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• tathā: likewise, also
• tathā: Samuccaya (Addition/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): thus/also

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Acaleśvara at Arbudācala

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Each year on Phālguna’s concluding caturdaśī, King Bhīma journeys to Arbuda, fasts, and keeps an all-night vigil near the shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Phālguna
• caturdaśī
• upavāsa
• jāgaraṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Regular, time-bound observances (vrata) transform insight into sustained dharma, especially when linked to a sacred place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The annual journey is to the Arbuda mountain sacred zone, later specified as the vicinity of Acaleśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Upavāsa (fasting) and rātri-jāgaraṇa (night vigil) on Phālguna-anta Caturdaśī, observed annually.