Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

जागरे पद्मनाभस्य घृतेनैव सुपाचितम् । वर्तिद्वयसमायुक्तं दीपं घृतसमन्वितम्

Transliteration

jāgare padmanābhasya ghṛtenaiva supācitam | vartidvayasamāyuktaṃ dīpaṃ ghṛtasamanvitam

Translation

في سَهَرِ الليل لِبَدْمَنابها، ينبغي أن تُقدَّم سِراجُ السَّمْن (الغي) مُحكَمَ الإعداد بالغي، ذو فتيلين، ومملوءٌ بالغي.

Word by Word

• jāgare: in the night-vigil
• jāgare: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; 'जागर' = जागरण/रात्रिजागरण (vigil)

• padma-nābhasya: of Padmanābha (Vishnu)
• padma-nābhasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: padma (प्रातिपदिक) + nābha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; विष्णोः नाम

• ghṛtena: with ghee
• ghṛtena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ghṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• eva: indeed / only
• eva: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• su-pācitam: well-prepared (well-cooked/processed)
• su-pācitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + √pac (धातु) → pācita (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), विशेषण (dīpam)

• varti-dvaya-samāyuktam: furnished with a pair of wicks
• varti-dvaya-samāyuktam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: varti (प्रातिपदिक) + dvaya (प्रातिपदिक) + samāyukta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (dīpam)

• dīpam: a lamp
• dīpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ghṛta-samanvitam: endowed with ghee
• ghṛta-samanvitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ghṛta (प्रातिपदिक) + samanvita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (dīpam)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Dvārakā Māhātmya narrative style within Skanda Purāṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (Padmanābha shrine)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A night-time temple vigil: devotees seated with cymbals and drums, the sanctum glowing; a prominent ghee lamp with two wicks burns steadily before Padmanābha; reflections shimmer like the sea outside Dvārakā.

Characters & Entities

• Padmanābha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Wakeful devotion (jāgaraṇa) becomes especially fruitful when paired with dīpa-dāna—offering a pure ghee lamp to Viṣṇu.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is the implied sacred setting, where Padmanābha worship and night-vigil are praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer a ghee lamp (dīpa) with two wicks during Padmanābha’s night vigil.