Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

तेनोपवासेन च जागरेण तुष्टो ह्यसौ देववरो महात्मा । तव प्रसादाय महानुभावो ददाति सर्वान्वरदो महांश्च

Transliteration

tenopavāsena ca jāgareṇa tuṣṭo hyasau devavaro mahātmā | tava prasādāya mahānubhāvo dadāti sarvānvarado mahāṃśca

Translation

ఆ ఉపవాసం మరియు జాగరణం వల్ల ఆ మహాత్ముడు దేవశ్రేష్ఠుడు సంతోషించాడు. నీపై ప్రసాదం చూపుటకు ఆ మహానుభావుడు, వరదుడైన ప్రభువు సమస్త (ఇష్ట) వరాలను ప్రసాదిస్తాడు.

Word by Word

• तेन: by that
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental singular (by that)

• उपवासेन: by fasting
• उपवासेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental singular (by fasting)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• जागरेण: by keeping vigil
• जागरेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental singular (by vigil/wakefulness)

• तुष्टः: pleased
• तुष्टः: Karta (Predicate adjective of subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष् (धातु) → तुष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Past participle ‘pleased’

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/causal)

• असौ: he/that one
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular (that person/he)

• देववरः: the best of gods
• देववरः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular (best of gods)

• महात्मा: the great-souled one
• महात्मा: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular (great-souled)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive singular (of you/for you)

• प्रसादाय: for (your) grace/favor
• प्रसादाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Dative singular (for favor/grace)

• महानुभावः: the great one
• महानुभावः: Karta (Subject apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महान् + अनुभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular (one of great power/majesty)

• ददाति: gives
• ददाति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Present indicative ‘gives’

• सर्वान्: all (boons)
• सर्वान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Accusative plural (all)

• वरदः: boon-giver
• वरदः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर + द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular (giver of boons)

• महान्: great
• महान्: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महान्त् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular (great)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Puṣkasa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vīrabhadra explains the causal chain: fasting and vigil please the great Lord, who becomes varada and grants all desired boons to the devotee.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Devavara, Varada)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is quickly pleased by sincere austerity—fasting and vigil—and responds with grace and boons.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra, where the Śivarātri observance is praised as especially potent.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Upavāsa (fasting) and jāgara (night vigil) as core Śivarātri practices.