Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44
Devanagari script
केदारस्याग्रतो भक्त्या रात्रौ जागरणं तथा । कृतं त्वया महाराज एकाग्रेण च चेतसा
Transliteration
kedārasyāgrato bhaktyā rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ tathā | kṛtaṃ tvayā mahārāja ekāgreṇa ca cetasā
Translation
敬虔をもってケーダーラの御前においても、夜の覚醒を行った。大王よ、汝は一境に心を定めてこれを成した。
Word by Word
केदारस्यof Kedāra
केदारस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootकेदार (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन
अग्रतःin front (of)
अग्रतः:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअग्रतः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; स्थानवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)
भक्त्याwith devotion
भक्त्या:
Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootभक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
रात्रौat night
रात्रौ:
Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootरात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन
जागरणम्vigil, staying awake
जागरणम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootजागरण (प्रातिपदिक; √जागृ (धातु) से भाव)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन
तथाalso, likewise
तथा:
Sambandha (Discourse connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
कृतम्was done
कृतम्:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थे ‘done’
त्वयाby you
त्वया:
Karta (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
महाराजO great king
महाराज:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootमहा + राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन
एकाग्रेणwith one-pointed (focus)
एकाग्रेण:
Karana (Manner/means/करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootएक + अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषण (of ‘cetasā’)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)
चेतसाwith mind
चेतसा:
Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootचेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
Speaker
Deductive (narrator addressing the king)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: In the Himalayan night before Kedāra: snow peaks under moonlight, the stone temple with lamps at the doorway, the king in meditation posture, unwavering gaze toward the sanctum.
Characters & Entities
K
Kedāra (Kedāranātha/Śiva)Ś
Śiva (implied)FAQs
Ekāgratā (one-pointed attention) is central to fruitful worship; devotion is measured by inner focus.
Kedāra (Kedāranātha) is invoked, linking the narrative’s merit to famed Śaiva sacred geography.
Rātri-jāgaraṇa (night vigil) performed before Kedāra with devotion.