Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

कृष्णपक्षे चतुर्द्दश्यां मासे भाद्रपदे तथा । उपवासं तु कुर्वीत रात्रौ जागरणं तथा

Transliteration

kṛṣṇapakṣe caturddaśyāṃ māse bhādrapade tathā | upavāsaṃ tu kurvīta rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ tathā

Translation

ในเดือนภัทรปทา ครั้นถึงวันจตุรทศีแห่งกฤษณปักษ์ พึงถืออุโบสถอดอาหาร และพึงตื่นเฝ้าสวดภาวนาตลอดราตรีด้วย

Word by Word

• kṛṣṇapakṣe: in the dark fortnight
• kṛṣṇapakṣe: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa-pakṣa (प्रातिपदिक; कृष्ण + पक्ष)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन

• caturdaśyām: on the fourteenth lunar day
• caturdaśyām: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caturdaśī (प्रातिपदिक; ordinal tithi-name)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन

• māse: in the month
• māse: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन

• bhādrapade: (of) Bhādrapada
• bhādrapade: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhādrapada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन

• tathā: also; likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/प्रकार (also; thus)

• upavāsam: a fast
• upavāsam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upavāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन

• tu: indeed; and
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण/अन्वय (particle)

• kurvīta: should perform/observe
• kurvīta: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• rātrau: at night
• rātrau: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rātri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन

• jāgaraṇam: keeping vigil; wakefulness
• jāgaraṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāgaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन

• tathā: also
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (also)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from immediate continuation in the same passage where 'īśvara uvāca' appears)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Trinetreśvara observance in Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims in Prabhāsa prepare for a dark-fortnight fourteenth: simple fasting meal set aside, lamps arranged for an all-night vigil, devotees seated with rosaries and Śiva-stotras under a starry sky.

Characters & Entities

• Bhādrapada
• Kṛṣṇa-pakṣa
• Caturdaśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Self-restraint through fasting and mindful wakefulness is presented as a dharmic discipline that supports devotion and merit in a sacred setting.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The context is Prabhāsa-kṣetra, within the Trinetreśvara Māhātmya section of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observe upavāsa (fasting) on Bhādrapada kṛṣṇa caturdaśī and perform jāgaraṇa (night-long vigil).