Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

अष्टादशपुराणैस्तु पठितैर्यत्फलं भवेत् । तत्फलं शतसाहस्रं कृते जागरणे हरेः

Transliteration

aṣṭādaśapurāṇaistu paṭhitairyatphalaṃ bhavet | tatphalaṃ śatasāhasraṃ kṛte jāgaraṇe hareḥ

Translation

Welches Verdienst auch immer aus dem Lesen der achtzehn Purāṇas erwächst—dieses Verdienst erlangt man hunderttausendfach, wenn man die Nachtwache für Hari vollzieht.

Word by Word

• aṣṭādaśa-purāṇaiḥ: by the eighteen Purāṇas
• aṣṭādaśa-purāṇaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṣṭādaśa (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन; द्विगु-समासः (अष्टादश पुराणानि)

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

• paṭhitaiḥ: recited/read
• paṭhitaiḥ: Karana (Instrument qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √paṭh (धातु) → paṭhita (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय); नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘पुराणैः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम् (by the Purāṇas that are recited)

• yat-phalam: whatever fruit
• yat-phalam: Karma/Prameya
• Type: Noun
• Root: yat (यद्-प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• bhavet: may be/arises
• bhavet: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• tat-phalam: that fruit
• tat-phalam: Karma/Phala
• Type: Noun
• Root: tat (तद्-प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• śata-sāhasram: a hundred-thousandfold
• śata-sāhasram: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śata (प्रातिपदिक) + sāhasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (शतानां सहस्रम् = one hundred thousand); ‘फलम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• kṛte: when done/performed
• kṛte: Adhikarana (Circumstance)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु) → kṛta (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी/सप्तमी-स्थाने (locative absolute sense) एकवचन; ‘जागरणे’ सह—‘कृते जागरणे’ = when the vigil is performed

• jāgaraṇe: in the vigil-observance
• jāgaraṇe: Adhikarana (Locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāgaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण) विभक्ति, एकवचन

• hareḥ: of Hari
• hareḥ: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from section context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A night-long vigil in Dvārakā: devotees seated with lamps, conch and cymbals, reciting and singing Hari’s names; the temple silhouette and sea-breeze implied; a central icon of Hari/Kṛṣṇa receiving worship.

Characters & Entities

• Hari
• Aṣṭādaśa Purāṇas
• Jāgara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text proclaims bhakti-vrata supremacy: Hari’s jāgara multiplies merit beyond extensive scriptural recitation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, as the Māhātmya framework in which Hari’s observance is praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observe (perform) the jāgaraṇa—night-vigil—for Hari.