Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

सविद्धं त्वद्दिनं कृष्ण यत्कृतं जागरं हरे । तत्पापं विलयं यातु यथालवणमंभसि

Transliteration

saviddhaṃ tvaddinaṃ kṛṣṇa yatkṛtaṃ jāgaraṃ hare | tatpāpaṃ vilayaṃ yātu yathālavaṇamaṃbhasi

Translation

Ô Kṛṣṇa, ô Hari—si la veille (jāgara) que j’ai observée en Ton jour sacré fut « souillée » par un chevauchement, que ce péché se dissolve, comme le sel dans l’eau.

Word by Word

• saviddham: tainted, defective
• saviddham: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (उपसर्ग/प्रातिपदिक) + viddha (√vyadh/√vidh?; विद्ध = ‘pierced/tainted’ as प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचन; विशेषण (tainted/defective)

• tvat-dinam: your day (sacred day)
• tvat-dinam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Accusative singular); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (त्वदीयं दिनम्)

• kṛṣṇa: O Kṛṣṇa
• kṛṣṇa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-एकवचन (Vocative singular)

• yat: which
• yat: Sambandha (Relative connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun)

• kṛtam: done, performed
• kṛtam: Kriyā (Predicative participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचन

• jāgaram: night-vigil, wakefulness
• jāgaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचन (Nom./Acc. singular)

• hare: O Hari
• hare: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-एकवचन (Vocative singular)

• tat-pāpam: that sin
• tat-pāpam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (तत् पापम् = that sin)

• vilayam: dissolution, disappearance
• vilayam: Gati/Karma (Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vilaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• yātu: may it go
• yātu: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (या धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• yathā: as, just like
• yathā: Upamāna-bodhaka (Simile marker/उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (comparative particle: as/just as)

• lavaṇam: salt
• lavaṇam: Karta (Subject in simile/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lavaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचन (Nom./Acc. singular)

• ambhasi: in water
• ambhasi: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ambhas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-एकवचन (Locative singular)

Speaker

Candraśarmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis at Naimiṣāraṇya (typical frame; not stated)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee in Dvārakā at night, hands folded before Kṛṣṇa/Hari, confessing a tainted vigil; the sea-wind and temple lamps frame the prayer, with the metaphor of salt dissolving in water suggested by a small vessel of water near the altar.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Hari
• Vedha (taint/overlap)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere devotion seeks the Lord’s cleansing grace, trusting that divine mercy can dissolve faults completely.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā’s sacred observance context—where the Lord’s ‘day’ and vigil are celebrated within the māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Jāgaraṇa on the Lord’s observance day (Dvādaśī context) and an explicit prayer to nullify any vedha-related doṣa.