Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

कृतो विप्रा मया त्वेष स तदा रात्रिजागरः । यथाप्येतत्फलं जातं देवस्यास्य प्रभावतः

Transliteration

kṛto viprā mayā tveṣa sa tadā rātrijāgaraḥ | yathāpyetatphalaṃ jātaṃ devasyāsya prabhāvataḥ

Translation

ହେ ବିପ୍ରମାନେ, ମୁଁ ସେତେବେଳେ ସେଇ ରାତ୍ରିଜାଗର କରିଥିଲି; ଏହିପରି ଏହି ଫଳ ହେଲା—ଏହି ଦେବଙ୍କ ପ୍ରଭାବରୁ।

Word by Word

• kṛtaḥ: done, performed
• kṛtaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛ (धातु) + ta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृ-धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्तः भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (past passive participle: 'done/made')

• viprāḥ: O brāhmaṇas
• viprāḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), बहुवचन (vocative plural)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन (instrumental singular)

• tu: but, however
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपातः (particle), विरोध/अन्वयार्थकः

• eṣaḥ: this
• eṣaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (demonstrative pronoun)

• saḥ: that (he/it)
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (pronoun)

• tadā: then, at that time
• tadā: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• rātri-jāgaraḥ: night vigil
• rātri-jāgaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rātri (प्रातिपदिक) + jāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (रात्रेः जागरः = night-vigil); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• yathā: as, how
• yathā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (as/how)

• api: indeed, also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपातः (emphasis/also)

• etat-phalam: this result
• etat-phalam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयः (एतत् फलं = this fruit/result); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• jātam: arose, happened
• jātam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु) + ta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: जन्-धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्तः भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विधेय-भावः (PPP used predicatively: 'has arisen/occurred')

• devasya: of the deity
• devasya: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन (genitive singular)

• asya: of this
• asya: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन (genitive singular)

• prabhāvataḥ: due to the power
• prabhāvataḥ: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन (ablative singular: 'due to/from')

Speaker

Rājā (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahākāla (local Mahākāla-tīrtha/temple in Nāgara-khaṇḍa narrative)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: brāhmaṇas (dvijottamāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee/king narrates to assembled brāhmaṇas how he kept a night-long vigil before Mahākāla; lamps burn steadily, the liṅga is garlanded, and the atmosphere is charged with divine potency.

Characters & Entities

• Mahākāla

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The efficacy of vrata is grounded in divine prabhāva: disciplined practice (jāgaraṇa) yields fruit because the deity’s grace empowers the outcome.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Mahākāla-centered sacred setting of the chapter; the verse underscores the deity’s power operating at the holy place where the vigil was observed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observance of rātri-jāgaraṇa (night vigil) for Mahākāla, presented with an explicit phala (result) attribution.