Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

तमाराध्य दिवा नक्तं सम्यक्छ्रद्धासमन्वितः । सशरीरो गतः स्वर्गं ततः कालेन केनचित्

Transliteration

tamārādhya divā naktaṃ samyakchraddhāsamanvitaḥ | saśarīro gataḥ svargaṃ tataḥ kālena kenacit

Translation

ผู้ใดบูชาพระองค์โดยชอบ ทั้งกลางวันและกลางคืน พร้อมด้วยศรัทธาอันมั่นคง ครั้นกาลล่วงไปไม่นาน ย่อมบรรลุสวรรค์ได้แม้พร้อมกายนี้เอง

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• आराध्य: having worshipped
• आराध्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ+राध् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• दिवा: by day
• दिवा: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दिवा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

• नक्तम्: by night
• नक्तम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नक्तम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: properly)

• श्रद्धा: with faith
• श्रद्धा: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (समासे पूर्वपद-रूपेण)

• समन्वितः: endowed (with)
• समन्वितः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+अन्वि (धातु) → समन्वित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle used adjectivally); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (सः)

• सशरीरः: with his body (bodily)
• सशरीरः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-शरीर (प्रातिपदिक); घटकाः: स (सह) + शरीर
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (सः)

• गतः: went/has gone
• गतः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्रियार्थे (has gone)

• स्वर्गम्: to heaven
• स्वर्गम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/क्रमवाचक (then/from that)

• कालेन: in course of time
• कालेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; काल-निमित्त (by time)

• केनचित्: by some (time/means)
• केनचित्: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थक (indefinite)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from immediate continuation in the same adhyāya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Trijāteśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee keeps vigil in the temple, offering lamps at dusk and dawn, flowers and water through the night; the sanctum glows as time passes and the worshipper is shown ascending to svarga in a radiant, embodied form.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady worship performed with genuine faith—both day and night—brings exalted spiritual reward.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; the immediate context praises a local tīrtha and its presiding sacred presence (the specific name is outside this snippet).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Continuous worship/ārādhana performed regularly by day and by night, grounded in śraddhā.