Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

चैत्रशुक्लचतुर्दश्यां तत्र यो जागृयान्निशि । पूजास्तुतिकथाभिश्च स प्राप्नोतीप्सितं फलम्

Transliteration

caitraśuklacaturdaśyāṃ tatra yo jāgṛyānniśi | pūjāstutikathābhiśca sa prāpnotīpsitaṃ phalam

Translation

Am vierzehnten Mondtag der hellen Monatshälfte des Caitra erlangt, wer dort nachts wachend verweilt—mit Verehrung, Lobgesängen und heiligen Rezitationen—die ersehnte Frucht.

Word by Word

• चैत्रशुक्लचतुर्दश्याम्: on the bright fourteenth of Caitra
• चैत्रशुक्लचतुर्दश्याम्: Adhikarana (Time locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चैत्र + शुक्ल + चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कालाधिकरण (on the 14th day of bright fortnight of Caitra)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Place/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb: ‘there’)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• जागृयात्: should stay awake
• जागृयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जागृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; अर्थः ‘should keep awake’

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

• पूजास्तुतिकथाभिः: by worship, praise, and sacred stories
• पूजास्तुतिकथाभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा + स्तुति + कथा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; साधन (by worship, hymns, and narrations)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction ‘and’)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्राप्नोति: attains
• प्राप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ईप्सितम्: desired
• ईप्सितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईप्सित (प्रातिपदिक; √आप्/ईप्स्-भाव)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणं ‘फलम्’

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्म

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tryambakeśvara (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A night vigil in the temple courtyard on Caitra śukla caturdaśī: rows of lamps, devotees singing hymns, a storyteller reciting kṣetra-māhātmya, and continuous worship before the liṅga under a starry sky with sea-breeze.

Characters & Entities

• Caitra śukla caturdaśī
• Tryambakeśvara (site implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Auspicious time (tithi) joined with devotional practice (jāgaraṇa, stuti, kathā) makes pilgrimage spiritually fruitful.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The shrine-area described in this passage—Tryambakeśvara in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Keep night-long vigil on Caitra bright-fortnight Caturdaśī at the site, engaging in pūjā, stuti, and kathā.