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

Sei es ein Sohn, Enkel, Tochtersohn oder gar eine Tochter – wer in unserer Sippe im Kali-Zeitalter die Wache für Hari hält, bringt Segen.

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).