Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

उपोष्य जागरं कृत्वा रात्रौ विष्णुमपूजयत् । स्नात्वा परेद्युर्द्वादश्यां धर्मपुष्करिणीजले

Transliteration

upoṣya jāgaraṃ kṛtvā rātrau viṣṇumapūjayat | snātvā paredyurdvādaśyāṃ dharmapuṣkariṇījale

Translation

Après avoir jeûné et veillé, il adora Viṣṇu durant la nuit. Puis, le lendemain, au jour de Dvādaśī, il se baigna dans les eaux de Dharmapuṣkariṇī.

Word by Word

• उपोष्य: having fasted
• उपोष्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उपवस् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्तः (gerund/absolutive)

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

• कृत्वा: having done/made
• कृत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्तः (gerund/absolutive)

• रात्रौ: at night
• रात्रौ: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (वैकल्पिक-रूपम्: रात्र्याम्/रात्रौ)

• विष्णुम्: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अपূजयत्: worshipped
• अपূजयत्: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदी; उपसर्गः—अ (आङ्/अवधारणार्थे)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्तः (gerund/absolutive)

• परेद्युः: on the next day
• परेद्युः: Adverbial (Kriyāviśeṣaṇa/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परेद्युस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्—कालवाचक (adverb of time: next day)

• द्वादश्याम्: on the Dvādaśī (12th lunar day)
• द्वादश्याम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वादशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• धर्मपुष्करिणीजले: in the water of the Dharmapuṣkariṇī
• धर्मपुष्करिणीजले: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मपुष्करिणी-जल (प्रातिपदिक; धर्म+पुष्करिणी + जल)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (धर्मपुष्करिण्याः जलम्)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator, contextually within Setukhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmapuṣkariṇī

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night scene: devotee before a small Viṣṇu altar, lamp flames, incense; then dawn: he steps into the tank on Dvādaśī, water shimmering, hands in añjali, sunrise behind ghāṭa steps.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Dvādaśī
• Dharmapuṣkariṇī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Discipline (fasting and vigil) joined with devotion culminates in purifying tīrtha-bathing and heightened spiritual merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmapuṣkariṇī, whose waters are presented as ritually purifying when used after devotional observance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Upavāsa (fast), jāgaraṇa (night vigil), night worship of Viṣṇu, and bathing on Dvādaśī in Dharmapuṣkariṇī.