Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

तं श्रुत्वा सहसोत्थाय ज्ञात्वा जागरणं ततः । पद्मान्यादाय तत्रैव सभार्यः शिवमंदिरे

Transliteration

taṃ śrutvā sahasotthāya jñātvā jāgaraṇaṃ tataḥ | padmānyādāya tatraiva sabhāryaḥ śivamaṃdire

Translation

فلما سمع ذلك نهض من ساعته، وعلم أنها سَهَرةُ التهجّد. فأخذ أزهار اللوتس، ومضى مع زوجته إلى معبد شيفا هناك بعينه.

Word by Word

• tam: that (sound/it)
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (श्रु धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive): having heard

• sahasā: suddenly
• sahasā: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sahasā (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: suddenly/quickly)

• utthāya: having risen
• utthāya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ud-√sthā (स्था धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त; उपसर्ग—उद्; अर्थः—उत्थाय (having risen)

• jñātvā: having understood
• jñātvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jñā (ज्ञा धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त: having known/understood

• jāgaraṇam: night-vigil
• jāgaraṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāgaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Sequence/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (then/thereupon)

• padmāni: lotuses
• padmāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: padma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• ādāya: having taken
• ādāya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√dā (दा धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त; उपसर्ग—आ; अर्थः—गृहीत्वा (having taken)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (there)

• eva: itself/indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (just/indeed)

• sa-bhāryaḥ: with (his) wife
• sa-bhāryaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (सह/स- उपसर्गवत्) + bhāryā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावः (सभार्यः = with (his) wife)

• śiva-mandire: in Śiva’s temple
• śiva-mandire: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + mandira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (शिवस्य मन्दिरे = in Śiva’s temple)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator, likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nareśvara (king) in the narrative frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee abruptly rises at night, gathers fresh lotuses, and walks with his wife toward a lamp-lit Śiva temple where vigil is underway.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Śiva-mandira

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred hearing leads to immediate action—turning hardship into devotion through temple-worship and vigil.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Śiva temple associated with the Kedāra setting (named explicitly in the next verse).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Jāgaraṇa (staying awake in devotional vigil), associated with Śivarātri observance.