Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 125

Devanagari script

तस्यां रात्रौ महाकालं यामेयामे प्रपूजयेत् । यः क्षिपेत्सर्वलिंगेषु स जागरफलं लभेत्

Transliteration

tasyāṃ rātrau mahākālaṃ yāmeyāme prapūjayet | yaḥ kṣipetsarvaliṃgeṣu sa jāgaraphalaṃ labhet

Translation

Nessa noite, deve-se adorar Mahākāla em cada vigília da noite. Quem fizer oferendas em todos os Liṅgas alcança o fruto pleno da vigília (jāgaraṇa).

Word by Word

• tasyām: on that (night)
• tasyām: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; (refers to that night/tithi)

• rātrau: at night
• rātrau: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rātri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• mahākālam: Mahākāla (Śiva)
• mahākālam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (mahān kālaḥ), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; (name of Śiva as Mahākāla)

• yāme: in a watch (of the night)
• yāme: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; (watch/period of night)

• yāme: (in) each watch
• yāme: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (each watch)

• prapūjayet: should worship
• prapūjayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√pūj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• kṣipet: should throw/place
• kṣipet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṣip (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• sarvaliṃgeṣu: in all liṅgas
• sarvaliṃgeṣu: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (sarveṣu liṅgeṣu), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन

• sa: he
• sa: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; correlative

• jāgaraphalam: fruit of keeping vigil
• jāgaraphalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāgara (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (jāgarasya phalam), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• labhet: should obtain
• labhet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √labh (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing the sages (deduced)

Characters & Entities

• Mahākāla
• Śiva
• Liṅga
• Jāgaraṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady devotion through the night—repeated worship of Mahākāla—ripens into the merit of sacred vigil.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Mahākāla-centered liṅga-kṣetra is implied; the verse emphasizes the rite of night worship rather than a named city.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform Mahākāla pūjā in each yāma of the night and offer worship/oblations at all liṅgas to gain jāgaraṇa-phala.