Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

संप्राप्ते वासरे विष्णोर्ये न कुर्वंति जागरम् । मज्जंति नरके घोरे नरानार्य्यो न संशयः

Transliteration

saṃprāpte vāsare viṣṇorye na kurvaṃti jāgaram | majjaṃti narake ghore narānāryyo na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

Wenn der heilige Tag Viṣṇus eintrifft, versinken jene, die keine Nachtwache (Jāgara) halten, in einer schrecklichen Hölle—Menschen von niederem Wandel, ohne Zweifel.

Word by Word

• संप्राप्ते: when (it has) arrived
• संप्राप्ते: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + प्र + आप् (धातु) → संप्राप्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), सप्तमी, एकवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्गे स्यात्—अत्र ‘वासरे’ इति नपुंसकेन सह सप्तमी एकवचन (locative absolute sense: “when (it is) arrived”)

• वासरे: on the day
• वासरे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• विष्णोः: of Viṣṇu
• विष्णोः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• न: do not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

• कुर्वन्ति: do
• कुर्वन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• जागरम्: vigil
• जागरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• मज्जन्ति: sink / fall
• मज्जन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मज्ज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• नरके: in hell
• नरके: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• घोरे: terrible
• घोरे: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषण (of नरके)

• नराः: men
• नराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• अनार्याः: ignoble / unrighteous
• अनार्याः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (of नराः)

• न: no
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Narratorial voice within Dvārakā Māhātmya (contextual Purāṇic instruction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A night in sacred Dvārakā: devotees keep lamp-lit vigil before Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa, while in contrast a shadowy lower realm suggests the ‘ghora naraka’ awaiting the negligent; the verse’s tone is admonitory, emphasizing choice and consequence.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text stresses seriousness in sacred observance: neglect of a known dharmic duty (vigil on Viṣṇu’s day) is portrayed as spiritually ruinous.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting remains Dvārakā Māhātmya, where Viṣṇu-centered calendrical observances are presented as especially weighty and meritorious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Keeping jāgaraṇa (night vigil) when Viṣṇu’s vāsara (holy day) occurs.