Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

रुद्र उवाच । अस्यां रात्रौ तु मनुजाः श्रद्धाभक्तिसमन्विताः । येर्चयिष्यंति देवेशं तेषां पुण्यमनंतकम्

Transliteration

rudra uvāca | asyāṃ rātrau tu manujāḥ śraddhābhaktisamanvitāḥ | yercayiṣyaṃti deveśaṃ teṣāṃ puṇyamanaṃtakam

Translation

ରୁଦ୍ର କହିଲେ—ଏହି ରାତ୍ରିରେ ଶ୍ରଦ୍ଧା-ଭକ୍ତିସହିତ ଯେ ମନୁଷ୍ୟ ଦେବେଶଙ୍କୁ ଅର୍ଚ୍ଚନା କରିବେ, ସେମାନଙ୍କର ପୁଣ୍ୟ ଅନନ୍ତ ହେବ।

Word by Word

• rudraḥ: Rudra
• rudraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• asyām: in this
• asyām: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषण

• rātrau: night
• rātrau: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rātri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) — contrast/continuation

• manujāḥ: people
• manujāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manuja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• śraddhā-bhakti-samanvitāḥ: endowed with faith and devotion
• śraddhā-bhakti-samanvitāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śraddhā (प्रातिपदिक) + bhakti (प्रातिपदिक) + samanvita (कृदन्त; सम्+अन्वि/इ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण — ‘श्रद्धा च भक्तिः च’ (dvandva) + ‘समन्वित’

• ye: who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• arcayiṣyanti: will worship
• arcayiṣyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √arc (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद; णिजन्त — ‘will worship’

• deveśam: the Lord of gods
• deveśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘देवानाम् ईशः’

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• puṇyam: merit
• puṇyam: Karta (Predicate nominal/प्रथमा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• anantakam: endless
• anantakam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anantaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with puṇyam)

Speaker

Rudra (Śiva)

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Deveśa (Lord of Devas)
• Śraddhā
• Bhakti
• Puṇya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faith-filled devotion, especially when focused in a sacred night-vigil context, yields inexhaustible spiritual merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The vow and worship are framed within Dharmāraṇya’s sanctity, making the place itself a multiplier of merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Night-time worship (rātri-arcana) of Deveśa with śraddhā and bhakti.