Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

हरिजागरणं कार्यं मद्भक्तेन विजानता । अन्यथा पापिनो ज्ञेया ये द्विषन्ति जनार्द्दनम्

Transliteration

harijāgaraṇaṃ kāryaṃ madbhaktena vijānatā | anyathā pāpino jñeyā ye dviṣanti janārddanam

Translation

Mein verständiger Verehrer soll gewiss die Nachtwache für Hari halten. Andernfalls wisset: Sie sind Sünder — jene, die Janārdana hassen.

Word by Word

• हरिजागरणम्: Hari-vigil (keeping awake for Hari)
• हरिजागरणम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि + जागरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कार्यम्: to be done/required
• कार्यम्: Vidheyavisheshana (Predicate qualifier/विधेयविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; कृ धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicative), कर्तव्यता (to be done)

• मद्भक्तेन: by my devotee
• मद्भक्तेन: Kartr-karana (Agent expressed instrumentally/कर्तृ-तृतीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् (अस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक) + भक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विजानता: by one who knows/understands
• विजानता: Kartr-karana (Agent qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle/शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपसर्ग: वि-

• अन्यथा: otherwise
• अन्यथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• पापिनः: sinners
• पापिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पापिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• ज्ञेयाः: to be regarded as
• ज्ञेयाः: Vidheyavisheshana (Predicate qualifier/विधेयविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्ञेय (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; ज्ञा धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विधेय-विशेषण, कर्तव्यता (to be known/considered)

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम

• द्विषन्ति: hate
• द्विषन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्विष् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• जनार्द्दनम्: Janārdana (Viṣṇu)
• जनार्द्दनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (Kārttikeya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrim-devotee audience within the māhātmya narrative

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A stern yet compassionate instruction scene: Skanda’s voice (off-scene) or a teacher points to the lamp-lit image of Janārdana; devotees vow to stay awake, while a shadowy figure of ‘dveṣa’ turns away, symbolizing sin.

Characters & Entities

• Hari
• Janārdana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True devotion expresses itself through disciplined worship—here, keeping a night-vigil for Hari—while hatred toward Viṣṇu is condemned as sinful.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is the broader sacred setting in the Dvārakā Māhātmya of the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Harijāgaraṇa—staying awake in devotional worship for Hari (commonly connected with Ekādaśī/Dvādaśī observances).