Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

अन्योऽपि मानवो योऽत्र चतुर्दश्यां समाहितः । माघमासस्य कृष्णायां प्रकरिष्यति जागरम्

Transliteration

anyo'pi mānavo yo'tra caturdaśyāṃ samāhitaḥ | māghamāsasya kṛṣṇāyāṃ prakariṣyati jāgaram

Translation

Toute autre personne aussi, qui, ici, au quatorzième jour lunaire, l’esprit recueilli, entreprendra une veille nocturne durant la quinzaine sombre du mois de Māgha—

Word by Word

• anyaḥ: another
• anyaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/समुच्चयार्थक (also/even)

• mānavaḥ: a man
• mānavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• caturdaśyām: on the fourteenth lunar day
• caturdaśyām: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caturdaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तिथि-वाचक

• samāhitaḥ: composed, attentive
• samāhitaḥ: Kartṛ-predicative (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-dhā (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भावे/कर्तरि प्रयोगे—‘समाहित’ (collected, attentive)

• māgha-māsasya: of the month of Māgha
• māgha-māsasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māgha (प्रातिपदिक) + māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; मास-विशेषण-समास (māghasya māsaḥ)

• kṛṣṇāyām: in the dark fortnight
• kṛṣṇāyām: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; पक्षवाचक (in the dark fortnight)

• prakariṣyati: will perform
• prakariṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• jāgaram: night-vigil
• jāgaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मपद

Speaker

A divine voice (ākāśavāṇī / sā vāṇī), inferred from the immediate context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees in a temple courtyard at night on caturdaśī, lamps flickering, chanting and keeping vigil with steady minds; the liṅga is adorned, and the atmosphere is disciplined and luminous.

Characters & Entities

• Māgha (month)
• Caturdaśī (tithi)
• Jāgaraṇa (vigil)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Focused vigilance (jāgaraṇa) performed with mental steadiness on an auspicious tithi becomes a powerful act of dharma and merit at a sacred place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse speaks of observance 'here' (atra) in the praised shrine/tīrtha of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya context, without naming it in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Keeping a night vigil (jāgaraṇa) on Māgha month’s kṛṣṇa-pakṣa caturdaśī, performed with a composed mind.