Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

जागरं ये करिष्यंति गीतशास्त्रपुरःसरम् । उद्धरिष्यंति ते मर्त्याः कुलमेकोत्तरं शतम्

Transliteration

jāgaraṃ ye kariṣyaṃti gītaśāstrapuraḥsaram | uddhariṣyaṃti te martyāḥ kulamekottaraṃ śatam

Translation

Les mortels qui veilleront la nuit, conduits par le chant sacré et la récitation des Écritures, élèveront et délivreront cent une générations de leur lignée.

Word by Word

• jāgaram: night-vigil
• jāgaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• ye: who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक

• kariṣyanti: will do / will perform
• kariṣyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• gīta-śāstra-puraḥsaram: preceded by songs and scriptures
• gīta-śāstra-puraḥsaram: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gīta (प्रातिपदिक) + śāstra (प्रातिपदिक) + puraḥsara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (of jāgaram) — ‘गीत-शास्त्रे पुरःसरं’ = ‘preceded by songs and śāstric recitation’

• uddhariṣyanti: will uplift / deliver
• uddhariṣyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ud+√hṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• martyāḥ: mortals
• martyāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: martya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; apposition to te

• kulam: family/lineage
• kulam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• eka-uttaram: one more (i.e., plus one)
• eka-uttaram: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक) + uttara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (of śatam) — ‘one more (than)’

• śatam: a hundred
• śatam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; संख्या

Speaker

Rudra (continuing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya-liṅga (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Assembled mortals/devotees (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A long night vigil around the liṅga: devotees sing, some recite from palm-leaf manuscripts, lamps line the courtyard; ancestral figures are symbolically shown being lifted upward by light.

Characters & Entities

• Jāgaraṇa
• Gīta
• Śāstra
• Kula (lineage)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional discipline (vigil with sacred song and scripture) is portrayed as powerful enough to sanctify not only the practitioner but their ancestral line.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is the implied sacred setting where the jāgaraṇa-vrata attains extraordinary potency.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Jāgaraṇa (night vigil) supported by gīta (devotional singing) and śāstra (scriptural recitation).