Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

पुत्रो वा पुत्रपुत्रो वा दौहित्रो दुहिताऽपि वा । करिष्यति कुलेऽस्माकं कलौ जागरणं हरेः

Transliteration

putro vā putraputro vā dauhitro duhitā'pi vā | kariṣyati kule'smākaṃ kalau jāgaraṇaṃ hareḥ

Translation

سواء كان ابنًا، أو حفيدًا، أو ابن ابنة، أو حتى ابنة، إذا قام أي شخص من نسله في عصر كالي بسهر هاري، فقد نلنا البركة.

Word by Word

• putraḥ: a son
• putraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Alternative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक अव्यय (disjunctive particle)

• putra-putraḥ: a grandson (son’s son)
• putra-putraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक) + putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘putrasya putraḥ’ (son’s son)

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Alternative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक अव्यय (disjunctive particle)

• dauhitraḥ: a daughter’s son (grandson)
• dauhitraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dauhitra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• duhitā: a daughter
• duhitā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duhitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारक अव्यय (also/even)

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Alternative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक अव्यय (disjunctive particle)

• kariṣyati: will do / will perform
• kariṣyati: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• kule: in the family
• kule: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• asmākam: of us / our
• asmākam: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

• kalau: in the Kali age
• kalau: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kali (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

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

• hareḥ: of Hari
• hareḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator within Dvārakā-māhātmya (contextual voice describing the fruits of Hari-jāgaraṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A family line is shown as a genealogical tree; one descendant in Kali-yuga keeps Hari’s night-vigil in Dvārakā, and light spreads upward through ancestors and outward to descendants.

Characters & Entities

• Hari

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even one descendant’s sincere Hari-jāgaraṇa can uplift and sanctify an entire lineage in Kali-yuga.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is the setting in the Dvārakā-māhātmya of the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing a devotional night-vigil (jāgaraṇa) dedicated to Hari (Viṣṇu).