Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

तत्र यद्दीयते दानं हुतं जप्तं तथैव च । सर्वमक्षयतां याति रात्रि जागरणे कृते

Transliteration

tatra yaddīyate dānaṃ hutaṃ japtaṃ tathaiva ca | sarvamakṣayatāṃ yāti rātri jāgaraṇe kṛte

Translation

En cette occasion, toute aumône donnée, toute oblation offerte et tout mantra récité—tout devient impérissable lorsque l’on observe la veille sacrée de la nuit.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there, in that (rite)
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb: ‘there/in that observance’)

• यत्: whatever (that)
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)

• दीयते: is given
• दीयते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• दानम्: gift, charity
• दानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd; Nominative/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); here as कर्म (object) of दीयते

• हुतम्: oblation offered
• हुतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हु (धातु) + हुत (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); भूतकृदन्त (PPP) ‘offered (in fire)’

• जप्तम्: (mantra) recited
• जप्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जप् (धातु) + जप्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); भूतकृदन्त (PPP) ‘recited’

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (manner adverb: ‘thus/likewise’)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (particle of emphasis)

• च: and
• च: Samyojaka (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• सर्वम्: all (of that)
• सर्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• अक्षयताम्: to imperishability
• अक्षयताम्: Gati-karman (Goal/गत्यर्थकर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्षयता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); भाववाचक (abstract noun)

• याति: goes, attains
• याति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• रात्रि: at night
• रात्रि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular); (रात्रौ इत्यर्थे)

• जागरणे: in the vigil
• जागरणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जागरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• कृते: when (it is) done
• कृते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) + कृत (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular); भूतकृदन्त (PPP) ‘when done’; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute) with जागरणे

Speaker

Bhartṛyajña

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śivarātri-vrata (jāgaraṇa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (continuing recipient of instruction)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Śivarātri night: devotees keep vigil around a Śiva-liṅga, offering lamps, performing homa, giving charity, and chanting; the teacher’s statement frames these acts as ‘imperishable’.

Characters & Entities

• Śivarātri
• Dāna
• Homa (Huta)
• Japa
• Jāgaraṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When devotion is intensified through vigil, ordinary acts of dharma become imperishable merit.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Not specified; the glorification centers on the Śivarātri observance itself.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Keep night-long vigil (jāgaraṇa) and perform dāna, homa, and japa for akṣaya (imperishable) merit.