Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

जागरे कोटिगुणितं पुण्यं भवति भूभिप । वसतां द्वारकावासात्प्रत्यहं लभते फलम्

Transliteration

jāgare koṭiguṇitaṃ puṇyaṃ bhavati bhūbhipa | vasatāṃ dvārakāvāsātpratyahaṃ labhate phalam

Translation

Ô roi, par la veille (jāgara) le mérite se trouve multiplié par un crore. Et ceux qui demeurent à Dvārakā obtiennent le fruit jour après jour, par le seul fait d’y résider.

Word by Word

• jāgare: in the vigil (night-wake)
• jāgare: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण-काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• koṭi-guṇitam: multiplied a crore-fold
• koṭi-guṇitam: Visheshana (Qualifier of puṇyam)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: koṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + guṇita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष: ‘कोट्या गुणितम्’ (multiplied by a crore)

• puṇyam: merit
• puṇyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• bhavati: becomes / is
• bhavati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• bhū-bhipa: O king
• bhū-bhipa: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhū (प्रातिपदिक) + bhipa/pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष: ‘भूः बिभर्ति/पालयति इति’ (king)

• vasatām: of those residing
• vasatām: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vas (धातु) + śatṛ (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural); ‘वसताम्’ = of those dwelling

• dvārakā-vāsāt: from residence in Dvārakā
• dvārakā-vāsāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvārakā (प्रातिपदिक) + vāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘द्वारकायाः वासः’ (from dwelling in Dvārakā)

• pratyaham: every day
• pratyaham: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prati (अव्यय) + ahan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय (adverb): ‘प्रति अहम्’ = each day

• labhate: obtains
• labhate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

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

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa, Dvārakā-māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (Dvāravatī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (bhūbhṛt/bhūbhip)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A night-long vigil in Dvārakā: devotees remain awake with lamps, chanting and singing; the sea glimmers; the temple stands radiant; dawn suggests ‘daily fruit’ for residents.

Characters & Entities

• Dvārakā
• bhūbhipa (king)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Vigil and sustained sacred living intensify spiritual merit; holy residence itself becomes a daily sādhanā.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is praised as a place where mere residence yields recurring spiritual fruit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Jāgara—keeping a religious vigil—is recommended as a practice that multiplies puṇya.