Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

यानियानि तु पुण्यानि लीनानीह युगेयुगे । माघेऽसितचतुर्दश्यां तानि तिष्ठंति कृत्स्नशः

Transliteration

yāniyāni tu puṇyāni līnānīha yugeyuge | māghe'sitacaturdaśyāṃ tāni tiṣṭhaṃti kṛtsnaśaḥ

Translation

Whatever merits lie concealed here from age to age—on the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight of Māgha, all of them stand present in their entirety.

Word by Word

• यानि: which (things)
• यानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक (which)

• यानि: whatever
• यानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; पुनरुक्ति (yāni yāni = whatever)

• तु: indeed; but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वयार्थक निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• पुण्यानि: merits; pious acts
• पुण्यानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• लीनानि: merged; latent
• लीनानि: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √ली (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त) → लीन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (here)

• युगे: in an age
• युगे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति-योगे (in each age)

• युगे: in every age
• युगे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; युगे युगे = in every age

• माघे: in (the month of) Māgha
• माघे: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• असितचतुर्दश्याम्: on the dark-fortnight fourteenth (kṛṣṇa-caturdaśī)
• असितचतुर्दश्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असिता-चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक; components: असिता + चतुर्दशी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (असिता चतुर्दशी = कृष्णपक्ष-चतुर्दशी)

• तानि: those
• तानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन

• तिष्ठन्ति: remain; abide
• तिष्ठन्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• कृत्स्नशः: entirely; in full
• कृत्स्नशः: Adhikarana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कृत्स्नशस् (अव्यय; from कृत्स्न)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb: wholly, entirely)

Speaker

Deductive: Purāṇic narrator within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa (likely Sūta-style narration to sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night of Māgha kṛṣṇa caturdaśī: a sacred precinct under a dark sky; lamps line the path; unseen ‘hidden merits’ are visualized as subtle golden currents rising and gathering around the shrine and devotees.

Characters & Entities

• Māgha (sacred month)
• Caturdaśī (tithi)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Certain sacred times concentrate spiritual potency; Māgha kṛṣṇa caturdaśī is presented as a peak moment for merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is named; the glorification is of a sacred time (tithi) within Māgha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly encourages observance on Māgha kṛṣṇa caturdaśī (often linked with Śiva worship, fasting, and vigil in adjacent verses).