Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

न ते यदि रहस्यं स्यात्तदाऽशेषं प्रकीर्तय । नूनं त्वं वेत्सि तत्सर्वं यत्फलं रात्रिजागरे

Transliteration

na te yadi rahasyaṃ syāttadā'śeṣaṃ prakīrtaya | nūnaṃ tvaṃ vetsi tatsarvaṃ yatphalaṃ rātrijāgare

Translation

Si cela n’est pas un secret pour toi, alors proclame-le entièrement. Assurément, tu connais en plénitude le fruit obtenu par la veille nocturne.

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• te: of you/your
• te: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी) एकवचन; (genitive singular)

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Clause linker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional conjunction)

• rahasyam: secret
• rahasyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rahasya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd) एकवचन; (neuter nom/acc sg)

• syāt: would be/might be
• syāt: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लोट्/विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; (may be/is)

• tadā: then
• tadā: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• aśeṣam: entirely, without remainder
• aśeṣam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd) एकवचन; (neuter acc sg), विशेषण

• prakīrtaya: proclaim/tell
• prakīrtaya: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra√kīrt (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• nūnam: surely
• nūnam: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nūnam (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (particle of certainty)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st) एकवचन; (nom sg)

• vetsi: you know
• vetsi: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vid (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd) एकवचन; (neuter acc sg), विशेषण

• sarvam: all
• sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd) एकवचन; (neuter acc sg), विशेषण

• yat: which/that which
• yat: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd) एकवचन; (neuter nom/acc sg), सम्बन्धसूचक

• phalam: fruit/result
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd) एकवचन; (neuter nom/acc sg)

• rātrijāgare: in the night-vigil
• rātrijāgare: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rātri + jāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/सप्तमी-सम्बन्धः: ‘रात्रेः जागरः’), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th) एकवचन; (loc sg)

Speaker

Munīśvaras / assembled sages (addressing the king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A respectful interlocutor requests the sage/narrator to reveal the ‘secret’ fruit of staying awake through the night; a lamp-lit shrine atmosphere suggests impending vrata narration.

Characters & Entities

• Rātrijāgara
• King

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual practices have discernible fruits; sharing their meaning and results strengthens communal dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The question concerns the vigil performed before the deity at the Mahākāla-centered tīrtha described in this chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Rātrijāgara is the featured observance, and the sages request a complete account of its phala (results).