Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

एनं देव निशीथे च सर्वदागत्य भक्तितः । संपूजयेन्न सन्देहः सत्यमेतत्प्रकीर्तितम्

Transliteration

enaṃ deva niśīthe ca sarvadāgatya bhaktitaḥ | saṃpūjayenna sandehaḥ satyametatprakīrtitam

Translation

Diesem selben Herrn soll man stets, selbst zur Mitternachtsstunde, in Hingabe nahen und ihn vollumfänglich verehren—ohne Zweifel; dies wird als Wahrheit verkündet.

Word by Word

• एनम्: this one/him
• एनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• देव: O deity/O lord
• देव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• निशीथे: at midnight
• निशीथे: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निशीथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; कालाधिकरण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• सर्वदा: always
• सर्वदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक)

• आगत्य: having come
• आगत्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु) + ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund)

• भक्तितः: with devotion/from devotion
• भक्तितः: Hetu (Cause/Manner/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; हेतौ/प्रकारे (ablative: ‘out of/with devotion’)

• संपूजयेत्: should worship fully
• संपूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• न: not/no
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध)

• सन्देहः: doubt
• सन्देहः: Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सत्यम्: true
• सत्यम्: Pratijna (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय (predicate)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma/Pratijna (This statement/इदम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• प्रकीर्तितम्: proclaimed/declared
• प्रकीर्तितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-कीर्त् (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘proclaimed’

Speaker

Narratorial voice within Tīrthamāhātmya (contextual Purāṇic narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu Rāmeśvara (night approach)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A midnight temple scene: the liṅga illuminated by oil lamps, devotees arriving quietly with folded hands; the sea is dark and still, stars overhead; the verse’s ‘no doubt’ truth rings like a vow.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmeśvara (Śiva)
• Setu tīrtha context

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Bhakti expressed through unwavering worship is affirmed as a certain and truthful path.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Rāmeśvara/Setu tīrtha complex, where worship is praised even at niśītha (midnight).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Niśītha-pūjā—midnight worship, completing the cycle of worship across the day.