Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

अयने विषुवे चैव संक्रांतौ कीदृशं फलम् । माघमासे चतुर्दश्यां यादृशं जागरे कृते

Transliteration

ayane viṣuve caiva saṃkrāṃtau kīdṛśaṃ phalam | māghamāse caturdaśyāṃ yādṛśaṃ jāgare kṛte

Translation

Au temps de l’ayana (solstice), au viṣuva (équinoxe) et lors d’un saṅkrānti, quel fruit spirituel obtient-on ? Et le quatorzième jour du mois de Māgha, si l’on accomplit la veille nocturne (jāgara), quel fruit sans égal reçoit-on ?

Word by Word

• अयने: at the solstice (ayana)
• अयने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• विषुवे: at the equinox
• विषुवे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विषुव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphasis)

• संक्रान्तौ: at the saṅkrānti (solar transit)
• संक्रान्तौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संक्रान्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• कीदृशम्: what kind of
• कीदृशम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कीदृश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक-विशेषण

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karma/Phala (Result/फल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• माघमासे: in the month of Māgha
• माघमासे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माघ + मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (माघः मासः)

• चतुर्दश्याम्: on the fourteenth lunar day
• चतुर्दश्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• यादृशम्: of what sort
• यादृशम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यादृश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध/प्रश्नार्थक-विशेषण (of what sort)

• जागरे: in the vigil (night-wake)
• जागरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• कृते: when performed/done
• कृते: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘कृते’ = ‘being done/when done’

Speaker

Devāṅganā (addressing Indra/Sureśvara) inferred from the rhetorical build-up

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred night in Māgha: devotees keep vigil on caturdaśī with lamps, chanting, and temple circumambulation; cosmic markers (solstice/equinox/saṅkrānti) are referenced as lesser benchmarks.

Characters & Entities

• Ayana
• Viṣuva
• Saṅkrānti
• Māgha
• Caturdaśī
• Jāgaraṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right timing joined to devotion matters: the Māgha caturdaśī night-vigil is exalted above many calendrical holy moments.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse highlights a time-observance (Māgha caturdaśī vigil) within the Vastrāpathakṣetra māhātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Jāgaraṇa (night vigil) on Māgha month’s caturdaśī; it is compared against ayana, viṣuva, and saṅkrānti observances.