Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

नैवेद्यैर्विविधैर्वस्त्रैर्भूषणैश्च मनोहरैः । ततोऽत्र कारयामास जागरं सुसमाहितः

Transliteration

naivedyairvividhairvastrairbhūṣaṇaiśca manoharaiḥ | tato'tra kārayāmāsa jāgaraṃ susamāhitaḥ

Translation

وبأنواعٍ شتّى من النَّيڤيدْيَا (قرابين الطعام)، وبالملابس والحُلِيّ البهيّة، أكرم العبادة؛ ثمّ وقد استجمع قلبه وسكن، أقام هناك سَهَرَ الليل تعبّدًا (جاغارا).

Word by Word

• नैवेद्यैः: with food-offerings
• नैवेद्यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नैवेद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन

• विविधैः: various
• विविधैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (नैवेद्यैः/वस्त्रैः/भूषणैः)

• वस्त्रैः: with garments
• वस्त्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन

• भूषणैः: with ornaments
• भूषणैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय-बोधक conjunction)

• मनोहरैः: charming, delightful
• मनोहरैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनोहर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (वस्त्रैः/भूषणैः)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — 'then'

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक) — 'here/in this place'

• कारयामास: caused (to be done), arranged
• कारयामास: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु) [णिच् causative: कारयति]
• Form: लिट् (परिप्रास/परस्मैपद), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोगः — 'caused to be done/arranged'

• जागरम्: a vigil (night-wake)
• जागरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• सुसमाहितः: well-collected, fully attentive
• सुसमाहितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + समाहित (प्रातिपदिक; √धा with सम्- + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (कर्तृ) — 'well-composed/attentive'

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa (Kedāra/Somanātha circuit)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A richly arranged pūjā: trays of varied naivedya, folded garments, shining ornaments offered before the deity; as night deepens, devotees remain awake in orderly vigil, lamps burning steadily.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion is expressed through both offerings and disciplined vigilance—outer worship joined to inner steadiness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The rites are performed within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra sacred circuit connected to Someśvara/Somanātha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering naivedya, garments, ornaments, and observing/arranging a night vigil (jāgaraṇa) with focused mind.