Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

जागरं कुरुते यश्च संगमे विजयादिने । पुनर्द्देहप्रजननं दग्धं तेनाऽत्मना स्वयम्

Transliteration

jāgaraṃ kurute yaśca saṃgame vijayādine | punarddehaprajananaṃ dagdhaṃ tenā'tmanā svayam

Translation

Quienquiera que realice la vigilia (jāgaraṇa) en la sagrada confluencia en el día de la victoria, por ese mismo acto quema en sí mismo el ulterior nacimiento en cuerpos.

Word by Word

• jāgaram: vigil; wakeful observance
• jāgaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• kurute: does; performs
• kurute: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• saṃgame: at the gathering; at the confluence/assembly
• saṃgame: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• vijayādine: on the day of victory
• vijayādine: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vijaya + dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (vijayasya dinam)

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरावृत्तिवाचक-अव्यय (again)

• dehaprajananam: rebirth/production of a body
• dehaprajananam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deha + prajanana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (dehasya prajananaṃ)

• dagdham: burnt; destroyed
• dagdham: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective/विधेयविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dah (धातु) + kta (प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (burnt)

• tena: by him
• tena: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ātmanā: by the self
• ātmanā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• svayam: oneself; personally
• svayam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, स्वकर्तृवाचक (reflexive adverb: oneself)

Speaker

Narrator within Dvārakā-māhātmya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Saṅgama at Dvārakā/Prabhāsa (as described in Dvārakā-māhātmya)

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a moonlit confluence, devotees keep vigil with lamps; the waters shimmer as Hari’s presence is invoked; the atmosphere suggests the ‘burning’ of rebirth through inner fire of devotion.

Characters & Entities

• Hari

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A properly timed and placed devotional vigil is praised as powerful enough to destroy the causes of rebirth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A sacred saṅgama (confluence) in the Dvārakā/Prabhāsa sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observing jāgaraṇa at the saṅgama on a specified auspicious day (vijaya-dina).