Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 91

Devanagari script

संपूज्य विविधैः पुष्पैर्माघमासे चतुर्दशी । तस्यां जागरणं कृत्वा सञ्जातो निर्मलो हरिः

Transliteration

saṃpūjya vividhaiḥ puṣpairmāghamāse caturdaśī | tasyāṃ jāgaraṇaṃ kṛtvā sañjāto nirmalo hariḥ

Translation

Nachdem man am vierzehnten Tag des Monats Māgha mit vielerlei Blumen verehrt und in jener Nacht die Vigil gehalten hatte, wurde Hari rein und makellos.

Word by Word

• संपूज्य: having duly worshipped
• संपूज्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-पूज् (धातु) → संपूज्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्तः (gerund), ‘having worshipped’

• विविधैः: various
• विविधैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (पुष्पैः)

• पुष्पैः: with flowers
• पुष्पैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचनम्

• माघमासे: in the month of Māgha
• माघमासे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माघ (प्रातिपदिक) + मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (माघस्य मासः); पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचनम्

• चतुर्दशी: the fourteenth lunar day
• चतुर्दशी: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) → चतुर्दशी
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचनम्; तिथिवाचक-शब्दः

• तस्याम्: on that (night/day)
• तस्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम-रूपम् (in that [night/day])

• जागरणम्: vigil (staying awake)
• जागरणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जागरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचनम्

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्तः (gerund), ‘having done’

• सञ्जातः: became/arose
• सञ्जातः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-जा (धातु) → सञ्जात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्तः (क्त), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; कर्तरि-प्रयोगे ‘arose/became’

• निर्मलः: pure
• निर्मलः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्मल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (हरेः)

• हरिः: Hari (Vishnu)
• हरिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचनम्

Speaker

Narrator (contextual narrative voice within the dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (contextual tīrtha of the section)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee in a Prabhāsa shrine offers many-colored flowers to Hari on Māgha caturdaśī; lamps burn through the night as the vigil continues, suggesting purification and divine radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Māgha
• Caturdaśī
• Jāgaraṇa (vigil)
• Hari

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional worship combined with disciplined vigil on an auspicious tithi leads to inner purification and spiritual clarity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Jāli/Vastrāpatha sacred area where the worship and vigil are performed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform pūjā with diverse flowers on Māgha caturdaśī and observe jāgaraṇa (night vigil) on that occasion.