Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

दत्त्वैवमर्घ्यं देवेशि तत्र खङ्गं च जागृयात् । नित्यं संपूज्य विधिना अष्टम्यां यावदेव हि

Transliteration

dattvaivamarghyaṃ deveśi tatra khaṅgaṃ ca jāgṛyāt | nityaṃ saṃpūjya vidhinā aṣṭamyāṃ yāvadeva hi

Translation

ครั้นถวายอรฆยะดังนี้แล้ว ข้าแต่พระเทวีผู้เป็นจอมแห่งเทพ พึงเฝ้าระวังพระขรรค์นั้น ณ ที่นั้น และบูชาตามพิธีทุกวัน จนถึงวันอัษฏมีโดยแท้

Word by Word

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Kriya (पूर्वकर्म/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), धातु: दा (to give)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

• अर्घ्यम्: arghya-offering
• अर्घ्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्घ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• देवेशि: O Goddess, Lady of gods
• देवेशि: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवेशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• खङ्गम्: sword
• खङ्गम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: खङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• जागृयात्: should keep vigil / should stay awake
• जागृयात्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जागृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावे द्वितीया एकवचनरूपेण क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative)

• संपूज्य: having duly worshipped
• संपूज्य: Kriya (पूर्वकर्म/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), उपसर्ग: सम्

• विधिना: by the prescribed method
• विधिना: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• अष्टम्याम्: on the eighth (tithi)
• अष्टम्याम्: Adhikarana (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• यावत्: as long as / until
• यावत्: Sambandha (अवधि-संबन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, परिमाण/अवधिबोधक (until/as long as)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Avadharana (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारण (emphasis/only)

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Nipata (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (particle; explanatory/emphatic)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Yogeśvarī-sthāna (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A consecrated sword rests near the Devī’s altar; devotees maintain a night vigil, offering arghya and performing daily pūjā until Aṣṭamī, with lamps burning continuously.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Khaṅga (ritual sword)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Discipline in ritual—regular worship and wakeful vigilance—symbolizes steadfastness in dharma under the Goddess’s protection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where such vrata-vidhi is taught as especially meritorious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Arghya offering followed by khaṅga-pūjā and keeping vigil, performed daily through Aṣṭamī.