Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

नियमं चेति संगृह्य स्वपेद्रात्रौ शुभं स्मरन् । प्रातरुत्थाय मेधावी विधायावश्यकं विधिम्

Transliteration

niyamaṃ ceti saṃgṛhya svapedrātrau śubhaṃ smaran | prātarutthāya medhāvī vidhāyāvaśyakaṃ vidhim

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ നിയമം സ്വീകരിച്ച് രാത്രിയിൽ ശുഭദേവസ്മരണം ചെയ്തുകൊണ്ട് ശയിക്കണം. പ്രഭാതത്തിൽ എഴുന്നേറ്റ് മേധാവി വിധിപൂർവ്വം ആവശ്യമായ നിത്യകർമ്മങ്ങൾ നിർവഹിക്കണം.

Word by Word

• नियमम्: rule, observance
• नियमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नियम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; object of action

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्ति-सूचक अव्यय (quotative/marker)

• संगृह्य: having gathered/accepted
• संगृह्य: Kriya (Gerundial action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपदी; ‘having collected/accepted’

• स्वपेत्: should sleep
• स्वपेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्वप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदी; ‘should sleep’

• रात्रौ: at night
• रात्रौ: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; locative of time

• शुभम्: auspicious (thing)
• शुभम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; object of स्मरन्

• स्मरन्: remembering
• स्मरन्: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; contemporaneous action

• प्रातर्: in the morning
• प्रातर्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातर् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• उत्थाय: having risen
• उत्थाय: Kriya (Gerundial action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत् + स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘having risen’

• मेधावी: the intelligent person
• मेधावी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेधाविन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; subject qualifier

• विधाय: having done
• विधाय: Kriya (Gerundial action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + धा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘having performed/arranged’

• आवश्यकम्: necessary
• आवश्यकम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आवश्यक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण of विधिम्

• विधिम्: rite, procedure
• विधिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; object of विधाय

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim in Kāśī retires at night with folded hands, mentally remembering the deity; at dawn he rises, prepares for daily rites in a simple pilgrim’s lodging near a ghat.

Characters & Entities

• Gaurī (implied)
• Vrata (niyama)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Continuity of remembrance—carrying devotion from night into morning—stabilizes the mind and sanctifies daily life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the textual setting in Kāśīkhaṇḍa; this verse focuses on vrata-discipline rather than a named tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sleep with auspicious remembrance, rise early, and perform obligatory morning duties/rites as part of the vrata regimen.