Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

माघकृष्णचतुर्दश्यां यः कुर्यात्तत्र जागरम् । कृतोपवासो नृपते शिवलोकं स गच्छति

Transliteration

māghakṛṣṇacaturdaśyāṃ yaḥ kuryāttatra jāgaram | kṛtopavāso nṛpate śivalokaṃ sa gacchati

Translation

ਹੇ ਨ੍ਰਿਪਤੇ, ਮਾਘ ਮਹੀਨੇ ਦੀ ਕ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਨ ਪੱਖ ਦੀ ਚੌਦਵੀਂ ਨੂੰ ਜੋ ਉੱਥੇ ਜਾਗਰਣ ਕਰੇ, ਅਤੇ ਉਪਵਾਸ ਰੱਖੇ, ਉਹ ਸ਼ਿਵਲੋਕ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• māgha-kṛṣṇa-caturdaśyām: on the Māgha dark-fortnight fourteenth (day)
• māgha-kṛṣṇa-caturdaśyām: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māgha (माघ) + kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण) + caturdaśī (चतुर्दशी)
• Form: समास (माघे कृष्णपक्षस्य चतुर्दशी); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

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

• kuryāt: should do
• kuryāt: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ-धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (तत्र)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

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

• kṛta-upavāsaḥ: having observed a fast
• kṛta-upavāsaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta (कृत-प्रातिपदिक; √kṛ + क्त) + upavāsa (उपवास-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (कृतः उपवासः यस्य/कृतोपवासः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying sa)

• nṛpate: O king
• nṛpate: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpati (नृपति-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• śiva-lokam: Śiva’s world
• śiva-lokam: Karma (Destination/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (शिव-प्रातिपदिक) + loka (लोक-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शिवस्य लोकः); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• gacchati: goes, attains
• gacchati: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम्-धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present Indicative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Pulastya (addressing Yayāti)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (vrata-sthāna)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (nṛpati)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night of Māgha kṛṣṇa caturdaśī: devotees fasting, seated with lamps around a Śiva-liṅga, chanting through the night; the sky is dark, stars visible, temple bells faintly ringing.

Characters & Entities

• Māgha
• Kṛṣṇa-caturdaśī
• Śiva
• Śivaloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional discipline—fasting and night-vigil performed with faith at a sacred site leads to Śiva-oriented liberation (attaining Śivaloka).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The context is the Kedāra tīrtha described in Arbuda Khaṇḍa (Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Upavāsa (fasting) and jāgaraṇa (keeping vigil) on Māgha kṛṣṇa caturdaśī.