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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 111

Devanagari script

शिवरात्र्यां तु कर्त्तव्यमेतद्गोप्यं मम प्रियम् । एवं कृते च यत्पुण्यं गदितुं तन्न शक्यते

Transliteration

śivarātryāṃ tu karttavyametadgopyaṃ mama priyam | evaṃ kṛte ca yatpuṇyaṃ gadituṃ tanna śakyate

Translation

यह कर्म शिवरात्रि में ही करना चाहिए; यह मेरा प्रिय और गोपनीय विधान है। इस प्रकार करने से जो पुण्य होता है, उसका वर्णन करना संभव नहीं।

Word by Word
शिवरात्र्याम्on the night of Śiva (Śivarātri)
शिवरात्र्याम्:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootशिवरात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; समासः—शिवस्य रात्रिः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)
तुbut/indeed
तु:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थक
कर्तव्यम्to be done; should be performed
कर्तव्यम्:
Vidhi (Obligation/विधि)
TypeAdjective
Rootकृ (धातु) + तव्यत् (कृत्प्रत्यय)
Formतव्यत्-कृदन्त (gerundive/obligatory), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicative)
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
गोप्यम्secret; to be kept hidden
गोप्यम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootगुप् (धातु) + यत् (कृत्प्रत्यय)
Formयत्-कृदन्त (to be concealed/kept secret), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण
ममmy
मम:
Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
प्रियम्dear; beloved
प्रियम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण
एवम्thus; in this way
एवम्:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम् (अव्यय)
Formक्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
कृतेwhen it is done; upon doing
कृते:
Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootकृ (धातु) + क्त (कृत्प्रत्यय)
Formक्त-कृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘कृत’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; लोके—‘कृते’ = ‘कृते सति’ (locative absolute)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)
यत्which
यत्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-विशेषण (relative)
पुण्यम्merit; holy fruit
पुण्यम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन
गदितुम्to describe; to tell
गदितुम्:
Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
TypeVerb
Rootगद् (धातु) + तुमुन् (कृत्प्रत्यय)
Formतुमुनन्त (infinitive), ‘to say/tell’
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम
नnot
न:
Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध (negation particle)
शक्यतेis possible
शक्यते:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootशक् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)
Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa Māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Someśvara/Somnātha (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night-long Śivarātri vigil at Somnātha: devotees fasting, holding lamps, quietly offering the prepared ghṛta-kambala; the atmosphere is hushed and sacred, suggesting secrecy and depth.

Characters & Entities
Ś
Śivarātri
Ś
Śiva

FAQs

Śivarātri observance performed with fidelity carries immeasurable spiritual fruit.

Prabhāsakṣetra, where Śivarātri-linked rites are praised as exceptionally meritorious.

To perform this (the previously defined ghṛta-kambala rite/offer) specifically on Śivarātri and keep it as a guarded religious practice.

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