Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 99
Devanagari script
वर्षेवर्षे तु कर्तव्यो जागरः पुण्यतत्परैः
Transliteration
varṣevarṣe tu kartavyo jāgaraḥ puṇyatatparaiḥ
Translation
Jahr für Jahr sollen die auf Verdienst Bedachten die nächtliche Vigil (jāgara) halten.
Word by Word
वर्षेin a year
वर्षे:
Adhikarana (Time/काल-अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootवर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Locative, Singular)
वर्षेin (each) year
वर्षे:
Adhikarana (Time/काल-अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootवर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Locative, Singular)
तुindeed, but
तु:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formनिपात-अव्यय (particle; emphasis/contrast)
कर्तव्यःto be done, obligatory
कर्तव्यः:
Kriya (Predicative obligation/विधेय)
TypeAdjective
Rootकृ (धातु) + तव्यत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive; ‘to be done’)
जागरःnight-vigil, wakefulness (rite)
जागरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootजागर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
पुण्यतत्परैःby those devoted to merit
पुण्यतत्परैः:
Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपुण्य + तत्पर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Instrumental, Plural); विशेषण (qualifier of agents)
Speaker
Brahmā (deduced: Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa discourse style)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Jāgara (annual observance) in Ayodhyā-māhātmya context
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A symbolic sequence of years: the same shrine lit each year on the vigil night, devotees returning with lamps and songs—showing continuity of practice across time.
Characters & Entities
J
JāgaraFAQs
Consistent yearly devotional discipline (like a vigil) is praised as a reliable path to accumulating puṇya.
The Ayodhyā Saṅgama context continues; the instruction is framed within the Saṅgama-centered Mahātmya.
Jāgara—staying awake in worship/recitation as a vrata—performed annually.