Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 99

Devanagari script

वसामि कृत्तिवासेहं सदा प्रति चतुर्दशि । अत्र जागरणं कृत्वा चतुर्दश्यां न गर्भभाक्

Transliteration

vasāmi kṛttivāsehaṃ sadā prati caturdaśi | atra jāgaraṇaṃ kṛtvā caturdaśyāṃ na garbhabhāk

Translation

เราสถิตอยู่ ณ กฤตติวาสะเสมอ ในทุกวันจตุรทศี (ขึ้น/แรม ๑๔ ค่ำ) ผู้ใดทำการตื่นเฝ้า (ชาครณะ) ณ ที่นี้ในวันนั้น ย่อมไม่ต้องเกิดจากครรภ์อีก

Word by Word

• वसामि: I dwell
• वसामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपदम्

• कृत्तिवासे: in Kṛttivāsa (the place/abode named Kṛttivāsa)
• कृत्तिवासे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत्ति-वासा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम (1st person pronoun), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• प्रति: on/at each
• प्रति: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)
• Form: उपपद-अव्यय (preposition governing accusative; ‘towards/on each’)

• चतुर्दशि: the fourteenth lunar day (caturdaśī)
• चतुर्दशि: Kāla-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd) (प्रति-योगे), एकवचन (Singular)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• जागरणम्: wakefulness; vigil
• जागरणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जागरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• कृत्वा: having done/observed
• कृत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), ‘having done’

• चतुर्दश्याम्: on the fourteenth lunar day
• चतुर्दश्याम्: Kāla-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• गर्भभाक्: one who partakes of/gets pregnancy; becoming pregnant
• गर्भभाक्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गर्भ-भाज् (धातु) (प्रातिपदिक: गर्भभाज्/गर्भभाक्)
• Form: भाज्-धातोः क्विप्/क्विन्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (agent noun), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa context and Kṛttivāsa reference)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kṛttivāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya (Kumbhodbhava)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night at the Kṛttivāsa shrine in Kāśī: devotees keep vigil on caturdaśī with rows of oil lamps, bilva leaves, incense, and continuous chanting before a Śiva-liṅga; the Ganga’s distant shimmer frames the sacred city.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛttivāsa
• Caturdaśī
• Jāgaraṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Wakeful devotion (jāgaraṇa) performed at a sanctified Śaiva site on caturdaśī is praised as a direct cause of release from rebirth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kṛttivāsa in Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), presented as a place where Śiva is especially present on caturdaśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observing jāgaraṇa (night vigil) on the fourteenth lunar day (caturdaśī) at Kṛttivāsa.