Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

न ते यदि रहस्यं स्यात्तदाऽशेषं प्रकीर्तय । नूनं त्वं वेत्सि तत्सर्वं यत्फलं रात्रिजागरे

Transliteration

na te yadi rahasyaṃ syāttadā'śeṣaṃ prakīrtaya | nūnaṃ tvaṃ vetsi tatsarvaṃ yatphalaṃ rātrijāgare

Translation

Wenn es für dich kein Geheimnis ist, dann verkünde es vollständig. Gewiss weißt du ganz, welche Frucht aus der nächtlichen Vigil erwächst.

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• te: of you/your
• te: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी) एकवचन; (genitive singular)

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Clause linker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional conjunction)

• rahasyam: secret
• rahasyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rahasya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd) एकवचन; (neuter nom/acc sg)

• syāt: would be/might be
• syāt: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लोट्/विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; (may be/is)

• tadā: then
• tadā: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• aśeṣam: entirely, without remainder
• aśeṣam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd) एकवचन; (neuter acc sg), विशेषण

• prakīrtaya: proclaim/tell
• prakīrtaya: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra√kīrt (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• nūnam: surely
• nūnam: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nūnam (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (particle of certainty)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st) एकवचन; (nom sg)

• vetsi: you know
• vetsi: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vid (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd) एकवचन; (neuter acc sg), विशेषण

• sarvam: all
• sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd) एकवचन; (neuter acc sg), विशेषण

• yat: which/that which
• yat: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd) एकवचन; (neuter nom/acc sg), सम्बन्धसूचक

• phalam: fruit/result
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd) एकवचन; (neuter nom/acc sg)

• rātrijāgare: in the night-vigil
• rātrijāgare: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rātri + jāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/सप्तमी-सम्बन्धः: ‘रात्रेः जागरः’), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th) एकवचन; (loc sg)

Speaker

Munīśvaras / assembled sages (addressing the king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A respectful interlocutor requests the sage/narrator to reveal the ‘secret’ fruit of staying awake through the night; a lamp-lit shrine atmosphere suggests impending vrata narration.

Characters & Entities

• Rātrijāgara
• King

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual practices have discernible fruits; sharing their meaning and results strengthens communal dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The question concerns the vigil performed before the deity at the Mahākāla-centered tīrtha described in this chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Rātrijāgara is the featured observance, and the sages request a complete account of its phala (results).