Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

कृतकृत्यास्तु ते धन्या द्वादश्यां जागरे हरेः । कृत्वा जागरणं भक्त्या नृत्यमाना मुहुर्मुहुः

Transliteration

kṛtakṛtyāstu te dhanyā dvādaśyāṃ jāgare hareḥ | kṛtvā jāgaraṇaṃ bhaktyā nṛtyamānā muhurmuhuḥ

Translation

Bénis sont ceux qui ont accompli le but de la vie, ceux qui veillent avec dévotion pour Hari lors du sacré Dvādaśī, dansant dans une extase dévotionnelle.

Word by Word

• कृतकृत्याः: having fulfilled their purpose
• कृतकृत्याः: Visheshana (Adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (प्रातिपदिक; √कृ-क्त) + कृत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; समास: कृतं कृत्यं येषाम् (कर्मधारय; अर्थे: कृतार्थाः)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण/विरोधसूचक

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

• धन्याः: blessed
• धन्याः: Visheshana (Adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; (ते इत्यस्य विशेषण)

• द्वादश्याम्: on the Dvādaśī (12th lunar day)
• द्वादश्याम्: Adhikarana (Locus/Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वादशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• जागरे: in the vigil
• जागरे: Adhikarana (Locus/Occasion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; (अर्थे: जागरणे)

• हरेः: of Hari
• हरेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• जागरणम्: vigil-keeping
• जागरणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जागरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• नृत्यमानाः: dancing
• नृत्यमानाः: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नृत् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (Present Active Participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; (ते इत्यस्य विशेषण)

• मुहुः: again and again
• मुहुः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: repeatedly)

• मुहुः: again and again
• मुहुः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण; पुनरुक्ति द्वारा आवृत्तिः

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa–Māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (Hari-jāgaraṇa on Dvādaśī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A festive nocturnal temple courtyard in Dvārakā: devotees with lamps keep vigil on Dvādaśī, singing and dancing repeatedly in rapture before Hari’s image, with the sea breeze and temple flags moving under moonlight.

Characters & Entities

• Hari
• Dvādaśī
• Jāgaraṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional wakefulness (jāgaraṇa) on Dvādaśī for Hari is praised as a life-fulfilling act, expressing bhakti through joyful worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse occurs in the Dvārakā Māhātmya section of the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, situating the teaching in the sacred landscape of Dvārakā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observing a Dvādaśī night-vigil (jāgaraṇa) for Hari—staying awake in devotion, often accompanied by devotional singing and dancing as expressions of worship.