Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

तत्रैकं जागरं कुर्याद्यस्मिन्कस्मिन्दिनेपि यः । उपोषितोर्चयेल्लिंगं स सर्वव्रतपुण्यभाक्

Transliteration

tatraikaṃ jāgaraṃ kuryādyasminkasmindinepi yaḥ | upoṣitorcayelliṃgaṃ sa sarvavratapuṇyabhāk

Translation

جو کوئی وہاں کسی بھی دن ایک رات جاگَرَن کرے، روزہ رکھ کر لِنگ کی پوجا کرے—وہ تمام ورتوں کے ثواب میں شریک ہو جاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

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

• ekam: one
• ekam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• jāgaram: a night-vigil
• jāgaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• kuryāt: should do/perform
• kuryāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धाातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• yasmin: in which
• yasmin: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• kasmin: in some
• kasmin: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; प्रश्न/अनिश्चितार्थ (indefinite in context)

• dine: day
• dine: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (even)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• upoṣitaḥ: having fasted
• upoṣitaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: upoṣita (कृदन्त; upa + √vas/√uṣ? here from उपवास 'fasting' as adjectival past participle)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, उपवासकृत (having fasted)

• arcayet: should worship
• arcayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √arc (धाातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• liṅgam: the liṅga
• liṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• sarva-vrata-puṇya-bhāk: a sharer of the merit of all vows
• sarva-vrata-puṇya-bhāk: Pratipādya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + vrata (प्रातिपदिक) + puṇya (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāj (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (सर्वेषां व्रतानां पुण्यस्य भाक्=भागी)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mukti Maṇḍapa (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Traditional interlocutor (often Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night in Mukti Maṇḍapa: devotee awake beside a Śiva-liṅga, offering bilva and water; rows of lamps; attendants chanting; the sky deep indigo; the sense of sustained wakeful devotion.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)
• Śiva-liṅga
• Mukti/Nirvāṇa Maṇḍapa context

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional discipline in Kāśī—fasting, vigil, and liṅga-pūjā—condenses the merit of many vratas into one act.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The sacred Kāśī precinct described in this adhyāya’s Maṇḍapa-māhātmya (the ‘there’ of the text).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Keeping one jāgara (night vigil), fasting (upavāsa), and worshipping the Śiva-liṅga.