Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

तत्र कृष्णचतुर्दश्यां मासे भाद्रपदे प्रिये । उपवास परो भूत्वा यः करोति प्रजागरम् । स याति परमं स्थानं यत्र देवो महेश्वरः

Transliteration

tatra kṛṣṇacaturdaśyāṃ māse bhādrapade priye | upavāsa paro bhūtvā yaḥ karoti prajāgaram | sa yāti paramaṃ sthānaṃ yatra devo maheśvaraḥ

Translation

在那里，亲爱的，于跋陀罗钵陀月（Bhādrapada）黑半月第十四日，凡以斋戒为至、守夜不眠者，必得至上之境，乃大自在天主摩诃伊湿伐罗（Maheśvara）所居之处。

Word by Word

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

• कृष्णचतुर्दश्याम्: on the dark (waning) fourteenth lunar day
• कृष्णचतुर्दश्याम्: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण + चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• मासे: in the month
• मासे: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• भाद्रपदे: (of) Bhādrapada
• भाद्रपदे: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाद्रपद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रिये: O beloved
• प्रिये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• उपवासपरः: devoted to fasting
• उपवासपरः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपवास + पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifying) यः

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive) — पूर्वक्रिया

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• करोति: does/performs
• करोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• प्रजागरम्: night-vigil (keeping awake)
• प्रजागरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्र + जागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• याति: goes/attains
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifying) स्थानम्

• स्थानम्: abode/place
• स्थानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्धबोधक/देशवाचक (relative locative adverb)

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• महेश्वरः: Mahēśvara (Great Lord)
• महेश्वरः: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); देवः इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषण-रूपेण/समासपदेन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Caṇḍeśvara (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims keep an all-night vigil in a lamp-lit Śiva shrine on Bhādrapada dark-fortnight 14th; chanting, drums, and lamps surround the liṅga; dawn suggests ascent to Mahēśvara’s realm.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśvara (Śiva)
• Bhādrapada
• Kṛṣṇa-caturdaśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Austerity joined with devotion—fasting and an all-night vigil—directs the practitioner toward the highest Śaiva goal, closeness to Maheśvara.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where the vrata is prescribed and its fruit is praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observe upavāsa (fasting) and perform prajāgara (night vigil) on Bhādrapada kṛṣṇa-caturdaśī.