Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

अन्योऽपि मानवो योऽत्र चतुर्दश्यां समाहितः । माघमासस्य कृष्णायां प्रकरिष्यति जागरम्

Transliteration

anyo'pi mānavo yo'tra caturdaśyāṃ samāhitaḥ | māghamāsasya kṛṣṇāyāṃ prakariṣyati jāgaram

Translation

മറ്റേതെങ്കിലും മനുഷ്യൻ ഇവിടെ മാഘമാസത്തിലെ കൃഷ്ണപക്ഷ ചതുര്ദശിയിൽ മനസ്സു ഏകാഗ്രമാക്കി രാത്രിജാഗരണം അനുഷ്ഠിച്ചാൽ—

Word by Word

• anyaḥ: another
• anyaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/समुच्चयार्थक (also/even)

• mānavaḥ: a man
• mānavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• caturdaśyām: on the fourteenth lunar day
• caturdaśyām: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caturdaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तिथि-वाचक

• samāhitaḥ: composed, attentive
• samāhitaḥ: Kartṛ-predicative (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-dhā (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भावे/कर्तरि प्रयोगे—‘समाहित’ (collected, attentive)

• māgha-māsasya: of the month of Māgha
• māgha-māsasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māgha (प्रातिपदिक) + māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; मास-विशेषण-समास (māghasya māsaḥ)

• kṛṣṇāyām: in the dark fortnight
• kṛṣṇāyām: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; पक्षवाचक (in the dark fortnight)

• prakariṣyati: will perform
• prakariṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• jāgaram: night-vigil
• jāgaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मपद

Speaker

A divine voice (ākāśavāṇī / sā vāṇī), inferred from the immediate context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees in a temple courtyard at night on caturdaśī, lamps flickering, chanting and keeping vigil with steady minds; the liṅga is adorned, and the atmosphere is disciplined and luminous.

Characters & Entities

• Māgha (month)
• Caturdaśī (tithi)
• Jāgaraṇa (vigil)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Focused vigilance (jāgaraṇa) performed with mental steadiness on an auspicious tithi becomes a powerful act of dharma and merit at a sacred place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse speaks of observance 'here' (atra) in the praised shrine/tīrtha of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya context, without naming it in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Keeping a night vigil (jāgaraṇa) on Māgha month’s kṛṣṇa-pakṣa caturdaśī, performed with a composed mind.