Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

यानियानि तु पुण्यानि लीनानीह युगेयुगे । माघेऽसितचतुर्दश्यां तानि तिष्ठंति कृत्स्नशः

Transliteration

yāniyāni tu puṇyāni līnānīha yugeyuge | māghe'sitacaturdaśyāṃ tāni tiṣṭhaṃti kṛtsnaśaḥ

Translation

Welche Verdienste auch immer hier von Zeitalter zu Zeitalter verborgen liegen: Am Caturdaśī, dem vierzehnten Tag der dunklen Monatshälfte des Māgha, stehen sie alle vollständig gegenwärtig da.

Word by Word

• यानि: which (things)
• यानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक (which)

• यानि: whatever
• यानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; पुनरुक्ति (yāni yāni = whatever)

• तु: indeed; but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वयार्थक निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• पुण्यानि: merits; pious acts
• पुण्यानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• लीनानि: merged; latent
• लीनानि: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √ली (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त) → लीन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (here)

• युगे: in an age
• युगे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति-योगे (in each age)

• युगे: in every age
• युगे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; युगे युगे = in every age

• माघे: in (the month of) Māgha
• माघे: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• असितचतुर्दश्याम्: on the dark-fortnight fourteenth (kṛṣṇa-caturdaśī)
• असितचतुर्दश्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असिता-चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक; components: असिता + चतुर्दशी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (असिता चतुर्दशी = कृष्णपक्ष-चतुर्दशी)

• तानि: those
• तानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन

• तिष्ठन्ति: remain; abide
• तिष्ठन्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• कृत्स्नशः: entirely; in full
• कृत्स्नशः: Adhikarana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कृत्स्नशस् (अव्यय; from कृत्स्न)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb: wholly, entirely)

Speaker

Deductive: Purāṇic narrator within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa (likely Sūta-style narration to sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night of Māgha kṛṣṇa caturdaśī: a sacred precinct under a dark sky; lamps line the path; unseen ‘hidden merits’ are visualized as subtle golden currents rising and gathering around the shrine and devotees.

Characters & Entities

• Māgha (sacred month)
• Caturdaśī (tithi)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Certain sacred times concentrate spiritual potency; Māgha kṛṣṇa caturdaśī is presented as a peak moment for merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is named; the glorification is of a sacred time (tithi) within Māgha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly encourages observance on Māgha kṛṣṇa caturdaśī (often linked with Śiva worship, fasting, and vigil in adjacent verses).