Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 42
Devanagari script
श्रद्धया च सभार्येण जागरं च शिवाग्रतः । कृतं त्वया महाराज भार्यया शिवमंदिरे
Transliteration
śraddhayā ca sabhāryeṇa jāgaraṃ ca śivāgrataḥ | kṛtaṃ tvayā mahārāja bhāryayā śivamaṃdire
Translation
ਸ਼ਰਧਾ ਨਾਲ, ਪਤਨੀ ਸਮੇਤ, ਤੂੰ ਸ਼ਿਵ ਦੇ ਅੱਗੇ ਜਾਗਰਣ ਕੀਤਾ; ਹੇ ਮਹਾਰਾਜ, ਇਹ ਸਭ ਸ਼ਿਵ ਮੰਦਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਤੂੰ ਅਤੇ ਤੇਰੀ ਪਤਨੀ ਨੇ ਕੀਤਾ।
Word by Word
श्रद्धयाwith faith
श्रद्धया:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootश्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; instrumental = with faith
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक)
सभार्येणtogether with (your) wife
सभार्येण:
Karana (Accompaniment/करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootस + भार्या (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; सह-तत्पुरुषः (भार्यया सह) = ‘together with (his) wife’
जागरम्vigil
जागरम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootजागर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘night-vigil’
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक)
शिवाग्रतःbefore Śiva
शिवाग्रतः:
Desha (Place/देश)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootशिव + अग्रतस् (अव्यय)
Formअव्ययीभावः (शिवस्य अग्रतः) = indeclinable adverbial; ‘in front of Śiva’
कृतम्was done
कृतम्:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘done/performed’
त्वयाby you
त्वया:
Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formतृतीया, एकवचन; instrumental agent in passive
महाराजO great king
महाराज:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootमहा + राजन् (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् राजा)
भार्ययाby (your) wife
भार्यया:
Sahakari (Co-agent/सहकारी)
TypeNoun
Rootभार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; instrumental = by/with wife
शिवमन्दिरेin Śiva’s temple
शिवमन्दिरे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootशिव + मन्दिर (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (शिवस्य मन्दिरम्) = ‘in Śiva’s temple’
Speaker
Deductive (narrator addressing a king: mahārāja)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: temple
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A night scene inside a Śiva temple: the royal couple sits near the liṅga, lamps burning steadily, attendants quiet; the couple keeps vigil with folded hands and focused gaze.
Characters & Entities
Ś
ŚivaŚ
Śiva-mandira (Śiva temple)FAQs
Faithful vigilance and temple devotion—shared with one’s spouse—become powerful forms of dharma.
A Śiva temple within the Arbuda sacred region (Arbuda Khaṇḍa setting).
Jāgaraṇa (night vigil) performed before Śiva in a Śiva-mandira.