Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

यः श्रद्धाभक्तिसंयुक्तः कुरुते रात्रिजागरम् । पूजयित्वा महादेवं स याति परमं पदम्

Transliteration

yaḥ śraddhābhaktisaṃyuktaḥ kurute rātrijāgaram | pūjayitvā mahādevaṃ sa yāti paramaṃ padam

Translation

ผู้ใดประกอบด้วยศรัทธาและภักติ ทำการตื่นเฝ้ายามราตรี และบูชาพระมหาเทวะ ผู้นั้นย่อมบรรลุ “ปรมปท” อันสูงสุด

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सम्बन्ध-प्रत्ययः (relative pronoun)

• श्रद्धाभक्तिसंयुक्तः: endowed with faith and devotion
• श्रद्धाभक्तिसंयुक्तः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रद्धा + भक्ति + संयुक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; भूतकृदन्तः (क्त/PPP) ‘संयुक्त’; समासः—श्रद्धा-भक्ति-समन्वितः (instrumental/association sense)

• कुरुते: performs
• कुरुते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; आत्मनेपदम्

• रात्रिजागरम्: night-vigil
• रात्रिजागरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रात्रि + जागर (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (रात्रौ जागरम्)

• पूजयित्वा: having worshipped
• पूजयित्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्तः (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having worshipped’

• महादेवम्: Mahādeva (Śiva)
• महादेवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + देव (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; कर्मधारयः (महान् देवः)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• याति: goes/attains
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; पदम्-विशेषणम्

• पदम्: state/abode
• पदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator, likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (frame); Arbuda-kṣetra (sectional locus)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee keeps an all-night vigil before a Śiva-liṅga, lamp-flames steady, offering flowers and water, with a calm, luminous sanctum atmosphere.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faith-filled devotion expressed through vigil and worship leads toward the highest spiritual attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The surrounding passage situates the practice at Kedāra in a Śiva temple, though this verse states the general merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śivarātri-style rātri-jāgaraṇa (night vigil) combined with Mahādeva-pūjā (worship of Śiva).