Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

माघे कृष्णचतुर्द्दश्यां तत्र यो जागृयान्निशि । संपूज्य विधिना देवं स तीर्थाष्टफलं लभेत्

Transliteration

māghe kṛṣṇacaturddaśyāṃ tatra yo jāgṛyānniśi | saṃpūjya vidhinā devaṃ sa tīrthāṣṭaphalaṃ labhet

Translation

In der Nacht der Kṛṣṇa-Caturdaśī im Monat Māgha erlangt, wer dort wacht und den Herrn nach rechter Vorschrift verehrt, die volle Frucht der acht Tīrthas.

Word by Word

• माघे: in (the month of) Māgha
• माघे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; कालवाचक-स्थानाधिकरणे (time-locative)

• कृष्ण-चतुर्दश्याम्: on the dark-fortnight fourteenth (tithi)
• कृष्ण-चतुर्दश्याम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; ‘कृष्णपक्षस्य चतुर्दशी’ इति (genitive-tatpuruṣa)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)

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

• जागृयात्: should keep vigil / stay awake
• जागृयात्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जागृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• निशि: at night
• निशि: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निशा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; कालाधिकरणे

• सम्-पूज्य: having duly worshipped
• सम्-पूज्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया (having done first)

• विधिना: according to the prescribed rite
• विधिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; प्रकार/उपायवाचक

• देवम्: the deity
• देवम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; अन्वयार्थे (correlative)

• तीर्थ-अष्ट-फलम्: eightfold merit of a tīrtha
• तीर्थ-अष्ट-फलम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + अष्ट (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; ‘तीर्थस्य अष्टगुणं फलम्’ इति (determinative)

• लभेत्: would obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

Speaker

Śiva (in dialogue with Devī/Pārvatī, inferred)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tīrthāṣṭaka-sannihita Liṅga at Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night in Māgha: devotees keep vigil with rows of oil lamps; the liṅga is bathed and adorned with bilva leaves; priests chant while pilgrims sit awake in meditation; moonless or waning-night ambience.

Characters & Entities

• Māgha
• Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī
• Liṅga
• Deva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Time (Māgha Caturdaśī) and place (a great kṣetra) together intensify devotion, making vigil and worship exceptionally fruitful.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra—specifically the liṅga that embodies the merit of multiple tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Night-long vigil (jāgaraṇa) on Māgha Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī and proper worship (vidhinā saṃpūjā) of the Deity.