Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

तत्र सुप्तस्य मे बुद्धिः श्रुत्वा गीतध्वनिं तदा । समुत्पन्ना सभा र्यस्य क्षुधार्तस्य विशेषतः । नूनं जागरणं ह्येतत्कस्मिंश्चिद्विबुधालये

Transliteration

tatra suptasya me buddhiḥ śrutvā gītadhvaniṃ tadā | samutpannā sabhā ryasya kṣudhārtasya viśeṣataḥ | nūnaṃ jāgaraṇaṃ hyetatkasmiṃścidvibudhālaye

Translation

เมื่อข้าพเจ้าหลับอยู่ที่นั่น ครั้นได้ยินเสียงขับร้อง ใจก็สะดุ้งตื่น พร้อมภรรยา—ยิ่งนักเพราะเราถูกความหิวครอบงำ—ข้าพเจ้าคิดว่า ‘แน่แท้ นี่คือการตื่นเฝ้ายามราตรีในเทวาลัยแห่งใดแห่งหนึ่ง’

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक अव्यय/locative adverb)

• suptasya: of (me) sleeping
• suptasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: supta (कृदन्त; √svap (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृदन्त (past participle)

• me: my
• me: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन (enclitic)

• buddhiḥ: mind; awareness
• buddhiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: buddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial to main verb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having heard)

• gīta-dhvaniṃ: sound of singing
• gīta-dhvaniṃ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gīta (कृदन्त; √gai (धातु) + क्त) + dhvani (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (गीतस्य ध्वनिः)

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक अव्यय/temporal adverb)

• samutpannā: arose
• samutpannā: Karta (Predicate adjective to buddhiḥ/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samutpanna (कृदन्त; sam-ud-√pad/√pat? (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (arisen)

• sabhā: assembly; gathering
• sabhā: Karta (Apposition/समानााधिकरण with buddhiḥ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sabhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• āryasya: of a noble (person)
• āryasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ārya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• kṣudhārtasya: of one distressed by hunger
• kṣudhārtasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṣudh-ārta (kṣudhā (प्रातिपदिक) + ārta (कृदन्त; √ar (धातु) + क्त))
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; तृतीया/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थे (क्षुधया आर्तः)

• viśeṣataḥ: especially
• viśeṣataḥ: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: viśeṣataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (रीत्यर्थ/प्रकारवाचक; ‘especially’)

• nūnaṃ: surely
• nūnaṃ: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Sentence particle/वाक्योपपद)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nūnam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चयार्थक/particle of certainty)

• jāgaraṇam: wakefulness; vigil
• jāgaraṇam: Karta (Predicate nominal/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāgaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle; emphasis/for)

• etat: this
• etat: Karta (Subject of implied ‘asti’/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• kasmiṃścit: in some
• kasmiṃścit: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kasmin + cit (सर्वनाम + निपात)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; ‘cit’ अनिश्चितार्थक निपात (indefinite)

• vibudha-ālaye: in a dwelling of gods
• vibudha-ālaye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vibudha (प्रातिपदिक) + ālaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (विबुधानाम् आलयः)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (a devotee/pilgrim speaking to sages), within Sūta’s Prabhāsa narrative frame

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijas / sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In a darkened mansion room, the sleeping couple stirs as devotional singing floats through the night air; outside, a shrine glows with lamps where devotees keep vigil.

Characters & Entities

• Śivarātri (implied)
• vibudhālaya (divine shrine)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred sound (kīrtana) awakens spiritual intuition and draws even the weary into dharmic observance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A divine shrine within Prabhāsa-kṣetra, leading into the Rudreśvara episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Night vigil (jāgaraṇa) accompanied by devotional singing—an essential feature of Śivarātri observance.