Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

जागर्त्ति पुरतस्तस्य गीतनृत्योत्सवादिना । ततः कश्चिन्मया दृष्टः किमेतद्रात्रिजागरम्

Transliteration

jāgartti puratastasya gītanṛtyotsavādinā | tataḥ kaścinmayā dṛṣṭaḥ kimetadrātrijāgaram

Translation

在那灵伽之前，她以歌咏、舞蹈与庆典为供，彻夜不眠。随后我见到一人，便问道：“这夜间守醒之行，究竟为何？”

Word by Word

• jāgartti: keeps awake; stays awake
• jāgartti: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jāgṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person/प्रथमपुरुष), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• puratas: in front
• puratas: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: puratas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक; ‘in front’)

• tasya: of that (one)
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• gīta-nṛtya-utsava-ādinā: by (means of) singing, dancing, festivities, etc.
• gīta-nṛtya-utsava-ādinā: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gīta (कृदन्त) + nṛtya (प्रातिपदिक) + utsava (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्व/इतर-द्वन्द्वार्थे ‘गीतं नृत्यं उत्सवः आदयः’ (with singing, dancing, festival etc.)

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kāla (Time sequence/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अनन्तर/ablatival adverb: ‘then/thereupon’)

• kaścit: someone
• kaścit: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaścid (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थ

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Kartr̥/Agent in passive (कर्ता in passive construction)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• dṛṣṭaḥ: was seen
• dṛṣṭaḥ: Kriya (Passive predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛṣṭa (कृदन्त; √dṛś (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त, कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive: ‘was seen’)

• kim: what
• kim: Karma/Predicate interrogative (contextual)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक

• etat: this
• etat: Karta/Karma (contextual)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• rātri-jāgaram: night vigil
• rātri-jāgaram: Karma/Predicate nominal (contextual)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rātri (प्रातिपदिक) + jāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सप्तमी/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थे ‘रात्रौ जागरम्’ (night-vigil)

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rudreśvara (Vṛddhaliṅga)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: munipuṅgava-s

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Before the liṅga, Anaṅgavatī stays awake all night, celebrating with song and dance. The narrator notices and questions the meaning of this nocturnal vigil.

Characters & Entities

• Rudreśvara (context)
• Śivarātri (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Jāgaraṇa transforms the night into worship—devotional arts become offerings before Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rudreśvara’s shrine in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the vigil is being performed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Rātrijāgaraṇa (staying awake at night) with gīta and nṛtya as devotional observances.