Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

उपवासपरो भूत्वा यः करोति प्रजागरम् । मूर्त्तिमंतं तु संपूज्य लकुलीशं महाप्रभम्

Transliteration

upavāsaparo bhūtvā yaḥ karoti prajāgaram | mūrttimaṃtaṃ tu saṃpūjya lakulīśaṃ mahāprabham

Translation

凡专心持斋者，通宵守夜（prajāgara），并如法礼敬那具现之大威光主——拉库利沙（Lakulīśa）——

Word by Word

• upavāsa-paraḥ: devoted to fasting
• upavāsa-paraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (implied agent of actions)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: upavāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; उपवासे परः = उपवासपरः (तत्पुरुष)

• bhūtvā: having become
• bhūtvā: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), पूर्वकाल (having done)

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

• karoti: does, performs
• karoti: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• prajāgaram: night vigil
• prajāgaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prajāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• mūrttimantam: embodied, having form
• mūrttimantam: Karma (Object/कर्म) (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mūrti-mant (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• tu: but, indeed
• tu: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थ

• saṃpūjya: having worshipped fully
• saṃpūjya: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + pūj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), उपसर्ग: सम्; ‘having duly worshipped’

• lakulīśam: Lakulīśa
• lakulīśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakulīśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; देवता-नाम

• mahāprabham: of great splendor
• mahāprabham: Karma (Object/कर्म) (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā-prabha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; महती प्रभा यस्य/महाप्रभः (कर्मधारय/बहुव्रीहि-प्राय) — here as adjective to Lakulīśa

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Lakulīśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A night-long vigil in a lamp-lit temple: devotees seated in rows, chanting; Lakulīśa’s mūrti is worshipped with flowers and bilva; the twin liṅgas are nearby, awaiting subsequent separate pūjā.

Characters & Entities

• Lakulīśa
• Upavāsa
• Prajāgara (jāgaraṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Discipline (upavāsa) and wakeful devotion (jāgaraṇa) deepen worship and lead to spiritual purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Lakulīśa/Lakulīśvara at Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Fasting (upavāsa) and night vigil (prajāgara) along with worship of Lakulīśa in a manifest icon/form.