Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

तत्रैकं जागरं कुर्याद्यस्मिन्कस्मिन्दिनेपि यः । उपोषितोर्चयेल्लिंगं स सर्वव्रतपुण्यभाक्

Transliteration

tatraikaṃ jāgaraṃ kuryādyasminkasmindinepi yaḥ | upoṣitorcayelliṃgaṃ sa sarvavratapuṇyabhāk

Translation

Wer an irgendeinem Tag dort eine einzige Nachtwache hält, fastend und den Liṅga verehrend, der hat Anteil am Verdienst aller Gelübde.

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• ekam: one
• ekam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• jāgaram: a night-vigil
• jāgaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• kuryāt: should do/perform
• kuryāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धाातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• yasmin: in which
• yasmin: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• kasmin: in some
• kasmin: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; प्रश्न/अनिश्चितार्थ (indefinite in context)

• dine: day
• dine: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (even)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• upoṣitaḥ: having fasted
• upoṣitaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: upoṣita (कृदन्त; upa + √vas/√uṣ? here from उपवास 'fasting' as adjectival past participle)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, उपवासकृत (having fasted)

• arcayet: should worship
• arcayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √arc (धाातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• liṅgam: the liṅga
• liṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• sarva-vrata-puṇya-bhāk: a sharer of the merit of all vows
• sarva-vrata-puṇya-bhāk: Pratipādya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + vrata (प्रातिपदिक) + puṇya (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāj (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (सर्वेषां व्रतानां पुण्यस्य भाक्=भागी)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mukti Maṇḍapa (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Traditional interlocutor (often Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night in Mukti Maṇḍapa: devotee awake beside a Śiva-liṅga, offering bilva and water; rows of lamps; attendants chanting; the sky deep indigo; the sense of sustained wakeful devotion.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)
• Śiva-liṅga
• Mukti/Nirvāṇa Maṇḍapa context

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional discipline in Kāśī—fasting, vigil, and liṅga-pūjā—condenses the merit of many vratas into one act.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The sacred Kāśī precinct described in this adhyāya’s Maṇḍapa-māhātmya (the ‘there’ of the text).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Keeping one jāgara (night vigil), fasting (upavāsa), and worshipping the Śiva-liṅga.