Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

ज्येष्ठकृष्णचतुर्दश्यां जागृयात्तत्र यो नरः । सोऽश्वमेधफलं प्राप्य मोदते दिवि देववत्

Transliteration

jyeṣṭhakṛṣṇacaturdaśyāṃ jāgṛyāttatra yo naraḥ | so'śvamedhaphalaṃ prāpya modate divi devavat

Translation

Am vierzehnten Mondtag der dunklen Hälfte des Monats Jyeṣṭha erlangt, wer dort die Nachtwache hält, die Frucht des Aśvamedha-Opfers und freut sich im Himmel wie ein Gott.

Word by Word

• jyeṣṭha-kṛṣṇa-caturdaśyām: on the fourteenth (tithi) of the dark fortnight of Jyeṣṭha
• jyeṣṭha-kṛṣṇa-caturdaśyām: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jyeṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक) + kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + caturdaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; कालवाचक-सप्तमी (locative of time)

• jāgṛyāt: should keep vigil / should stay awake
• jāgṛyāt: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jāgṛ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; निर्देश-सर्वनाम (demonstrative pronoun)

• aśvamedha-phalam: the fruit of the Aśvamedha (sacrifice)
• aśvamedha-phalam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aśvamedha (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• prāpya: having obtained
• prāpya: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-āp (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाले (prior action)

• modate: rejoices
• modate: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: mud (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present indicative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• divi: in heaven
• divi: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: div (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• devavat: like a god
• devavat: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + vat (तद्धित-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमानवाचक-अव्यय (comparative adverb: 'like/as')

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (contextual attribution within the ongoing māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jāmadagnyeśvara at Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A temple courtyard at Prabhāsa lit by countless oil lamps; devotees keep an all-night vigil on Jyeṣṭha dark caturdaśī, singing Śiva hymns; dawn reveals a celestial vision of heavenward ascent.

Characters & Entities

• Jyeṣṭha (month)
• Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī
• Aśvamedha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere observance (vigil) at a sacred place can yield extraordinary merit, comparable to great Vedic sacrifices.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ‘there’ refers to the Prabhāsakṣetra setting of Adhyāya 121, associated with Jāmadagnyeśvara worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Jāgaraṇa (night vigil) on Jyeṣṭha kṛṣṇa caturdaśī at the sacred site.