Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

पिबन्पात्रे द्विजः सम्यक्तीर्थे पुष्करसंज्ञिते । जागरस्यैव चैतानि कलां नार्हंति षोडशीम्

Transliteration

pibanpātre dvijaḥ samyaktīrthe puṣkarasaṃjñite | jāgarasyaiva caitāni kalāṃ nārhaṃti ṣoḍaśīm

Translation

ولو أنَّ الدِّوِجَ (المولود مرتين) شرب على الوجه الصحيح من إناءٍ عند التيرثا المسمّى بوشكارا، فإن تلك الفضائل لا تبلغ حتى سدسَ عشرِ ثواب السهر التعبّدي وحده.

Word by Word

• piban: drinking
• piban: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pā (धातु) + śatṛ (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘drinking’

• pātre: in/from a vessel
• pātre: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• dvijaḥ: a Brahmin
• dvijaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• samyak: properly
• samyak: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samyak (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• tīrthe: at a sacred ford
• tīrthe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• puṣkarasaṃjñite: called Puṣkara
• puṣkarasaṃjñite: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṣkara (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃjñita (√jñā + kta; प्रातिपदिकवत्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषण; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पुष्कर-संज्ञिते = ‘named Puṣkara’)

• jāgarasya: of the vigil
• jāgarasya: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध

• eva: only/indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• etāni: these
• etāni: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• kalām: a fraction/part
• kalām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• arhanti: are worthy/amount to
• arhanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √arh (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• ṣoḍaśīm: sixteenth
• ṣoḍaśīm: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣoḍaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (कलाम्)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; concluding comparative praise typical of Māhātmya style)

Characters & Entities

• Puṣkara
• Tīrtha
• Dvija
• Jāgaraṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Jāgaraṇa for Hari/Viṣṇu is celebrated as exceptionally potent, surpassing even renowned tīrtha-based merits.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is the chapter’s core setting; Puṣkara tīrtha is explicitly cited for comparison.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The primacy of jāgaraṇa is asserted; a comparative rite is referenced—proper tīrtha observance at Puṣkara (drinking ritually at the tīrtha).