Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 90

Devanagari script

एकादश्यां दिने प्राप्ते शयने बोधने हरेः । यत्किंचित्क्रियते कर्म श्रेष्ठं तच्चाक्षयं भवेत्

Transliteration

ekādaśyāṃ dine prāpte śayane bodhane hareḥ | yatkiṃcitkriyate karma śreṣṭhaṃ taccākṣayaṃ bhavet

Translation

Lorsque vient le jour d’Ekādaśī—au moment où Hari s’étend pour dormir et au moment de son éveil—tout acte accompli alors devient excellent, et son mérite demeure impérissable.

Word by Word

• ekādaśyām: on the Ekādaśī (day)
• ekādaśyām: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ekādaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Saptamī vibhakti (7th/सप्तमी), Ekavacana (sg.)

• dine: on the day
• dine: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Saptamī vibhakti (7th/सप्तमी), Ekavacana (sg.)

• prāpte: when (it) has arrived
• prāpte: Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √prāp (धातु) + prāpta (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: Kta-participle (क्त), Saptamī vibhakti (7th/सप्तमी), Ekavacana (sg.), Napuṃsakaliṅga (n.) agreeing with implied 'kāle/avasare' or with 'dine' in locative absolute sense

• śayane: at the time of sleeping
• śayane: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śayana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga (n.), Saptamī vibhakti (7th/सप्तमी), Ekavacana (sg.)

• bodhane: at the time of waking
• bodhane: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bodhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga (n.), Saptamī vibhakti (7th/सप्तमी), Ekavacana (sg.)

• hareḥ: of Hari (Viṣṇu)
• hareḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (6th/षष्ठी), Ekavacana (sg.)

• yat: whatever
• yat: Karma/Viṣaya (Object/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (pronoun), Napuṃsakaliṅga (n.), Prathamā/Accusative possible; here with kiṃcit as correlative: Prathamā vibhakti (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (sg.)

• kiṃcit: anything (at all)
• kiṃcit: Karma/Viṣaya (Object/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim + cit (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक + अव्यय)
• Form: Indefinite pronoun (अनिश्चित-सर्वनाम), Napuṃsakaliṅga (n.), Prathamā vibhakti (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (sg.)

• kriyate: is done
• kriyate: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ lakāra (present), Ātmanepada, Prathama puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana (sg.), Karmaṇi-prayoga (passive)

• karma: act, deed
• karma: Karta (Subject in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga (n.), Prathamā vibhakti (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (sg.)

• śreṣṭham: best, most excellent
• śreṣṭham: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga (n.), Prathamā vibhakti (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (sg.), agreeing with karma

• tat: that
• tat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (pronoun), Napuṃsakaliṅga (n.), Prathamā vibhakti (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (sg.)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-nipāta (conjunction/समुच्चय)

• akṣayam: imperishable, inexhaustible
• akṣayam: Pradhāna-viśeṣaṇa (Predicate qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: akṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga (n.), Prathamā vibhakti (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (sg.), predicate adjective to tat

• bhavet: would become / may be
• bhavet: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: Liṅ lakāra (optative/विधिलिङ्), Parasmaipada, Prathama puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana (sg.)

Speaker

Narrative voice (contextual instruction within Tīrthamāhātmya; speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śayana/Bodhana Ekādaśī observance (kṣetra-wide)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ekādaśī night vigil: devotees keep lamps burning, chant Hari’s names, and witness the ceremonial ‘sleep’ or ‘awakening’ of the deity; offerings and charity occur at dawn.

Characters & Entities

• Ekādaśī
• Hari

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ekādaśī connected with Hari’s śayana/bodhana is a peak sacred time when even small acts yield imperishable merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s tīrtha context, the merit is tied to the locale where Hari’s śayana/bodhana is ritually remembered (later named as Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform worship/charity/rites on the Ekādaśī associated with Hari’s sleeping and awakening for akṣaya (undecaying) results.