Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

कृत्वा कांचनसंपूर्णां वसुधां वसुधाधिप । दत्त्वा यत्फलमाप्नोति तत्फलं हरिजागरे

Transliteration

kṛtvā kāṃcanasaṃpūrṇāṃ vasudhāṃ vasudhādhipa | dattvā yatphalamāpnoti tatphalaṃ harijāgare

Translation

O lord of the earth, the very merit gained by fashioning the whole earth into gold and giving it away in charity—that same merit is obtained by keeping vigil for Hari (Harijāgaraṇa).

Word by Word

• kṛtvā: having made
• kṛtvā: Kriya (Non-finite verb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु) + ktvā (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund/absolutive), ‘having done/made’

• kāṃcana-saṃpūrṇām: filled with gold
• kāṃcana-saṃpūrṇām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāṃcana (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃpūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (वसुधाम्); तत्पुरुषः (काञ्चनेन सम्पूर्णा)

• vasudhām: the earth/land
• vasudhām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasudhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म

• vasudhādhipa: O lord of the earth
• vasudhādhipa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasudhā (प्रातिपदिक) + adhipa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (वसुधायाः अधिपः)

• dattvā: having given
• dattvā: Kriya (Non-finite verb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धातु) + ktvā (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund), ‘having given’

• yat: which/whatever
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (correlative)

• phalam: fruit/result
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म

• āpnoti: attains
• āpnoti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√āp (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• tat: that
• tat: Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तद्-सम्बन्ध (correlative)

• phalam: fruit/result
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• hari-jāgare: in Hari’s vigil
• hari-jāgare: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक) + jāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (हरेः जागरे)

Speaker

Narrator addressing a king (speaker not explicit in snippet; within Dvārakā Māhātmya discourse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (context) / Harijāgaraṇa (observance)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (vasudhādhipa/māhīpati)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king listens as a sage describes an impossible gift: the earth transformed into gold; beside it, a humble night vigil before Hari with lamps—both shown as equal on a symbolic balance.

Characters & Entities

• Hari

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Night-long devotion to Hari (jāgaraṇa) can yield extraordinary merit, equated here with the highest forms of charity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, as part of the Dvārakā Māhātmya within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Harijāgaraṇa—keeping a devotional vigil for Hari, presented as a potent dharmic observance.