Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

ततः प्रभृति संजाता शिवरात्रिर्धरातले । सर्वकामप्रदा पुण्या सर्वपातकनाशिनी

Transliteration

tataḥ prabhṛti saṃjātā śivarātrirdharātale | sarvakāmapradā puṇyā sarvapātakanāśinī

Translation

അന്നുമുതൽ ഭൂമിയിൽ ശിവരാത്രി സ്ഥാപിതമായി—അത് പുണ്യപ്രദം, സർവകാമപ്രദം, സർവപാതകനാശിനി.

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter; from that time
• ततः: Kāla (Temporal/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), तस्मात्-अर्थे (thereafter/from then)

• प्रभृति: starting from
• प्रभृति: Kāla (Temporal/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रभृति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (postposition/adverb), ‘-से आरभ्य’ अर्थे

• संजाता: arose; came into being
• संजाता: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शिवरात्रिः: Śivarātri (the sacred night)
• शिवरात्रिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिवरात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• धरातले: on the earth; on earth’s surface
• धरातले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरा (प्रातिपदिक) + तल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (धरायाः तलम्)

• सर्वकामप्रदा: granting all desires
• सर्वकामप्रदा: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + काम (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सर्वान् कामान् प्रददाति इति)

• पुण्या: holy; meritorious
• पुण्या: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सर्वपातकनाशिनी: destroyer of all sins
• सर्वपातकनाशिनी: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पातक (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सर्वेषां पातकानां नाशिनी)

Speaker

Narrator (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śivarātri

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages (typical frame; not explicit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand Śivarātri night on earth: temples lit with countless lamps, devotees keeping vigil, offering bilva and water to liṅgas; the night feels holy and transformative, symbolizing sin-destruction and boon-bestowal.

Characters & Entities

• Śivarātri
• Earth (Dharā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śivarātri is portrayed as a universally accessible purifier and benefactor—linking devotion to both worldly and spiritual welfare.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse universalizes the observance ‘on earth’; it does not restrict the merit to a single tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It declares the fruit of Śivarātri; the specific ritual steps are given in adjacent verses (pūjā, arghya, charity).