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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

सुप्रभाता निशा तेषां धन्याः सुकृतिनो नराः । प्राणात्ययेन मुह्यंति यैः कृतं जागरं हरेः

Transliteration

suprabhātā niśā teṣāṃ dhanyāḥ sukṛtino narāḥ | prāṇātyayena muhyaṃti yaiḥ kṛtaṃ jāgaraṃ hareḥ

Translation

Pour eux, cette nuit est comme une aurore radieuse; bénis et riches de mérite sont ceux qui ont gardé la veille de Hari : à l’ultime instant de la vie, ils ne sombrent pas dans l’égarement.

Word by Word
सुप्रभाताvery auspiciously dawned
सुप्रभाता:
Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + प्रभात (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः ‘सु-प्रभाता’ = ‘अतिशयेन प्रभाता’; विशेषण
निशाnight
निशा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनिशा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तृ
तेषाम्for them / of them
तेषाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध
धन्याःblessed
धन्याः:
Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootधन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; विशेषण
सुकृतिनःvirtuous, meritorious
सुकृतिनः:
Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसुकृतिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; विशेषण
नराःmen, people
नराः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; कर्तृ
प्राण-अत्ययेनby loss of life (even at the cost of life)
प्राण-अत्ययेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootप्राण (प्रातिपदिक) + अत्यय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (अत्यय), तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘प्राणानाम् अत्ययः’ (प्राणत्ययः) ‘loss of life’; करण
मुह्यन्तिbecome deluded / falter
मुह्यन्ति:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√मुह् (मोहने)
Formलट् (Present/वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद
यैःby whom
यैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formतृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; करण/हेतु (by whom)
कृतम्done, performed
कृतम्:
Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootकृत (कृदन्त; √कृ करणे)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘done’—here with ‘जागरम्’ as predicate/qualifier
जागरम्vigil
जागरम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootजागर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; कर्म (with implied ‘कृतम्’)
हरेःof Hari
हरेः:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootहरि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन
Speaker

Skanda (Kārttikeya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Skanda (Ṣaḍānana)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred night in Dvārakā: devotees keep awake before Hari/Viṣṇu, lamps blazing, conch and cymbals sounding; the night becomes ‘suprabhātā’ (auspicious dawn-like). A dying devotee remains lucid, mind fixed on Hari, free from delusion.

Characters & Entities
H
Hari

FAQs

A night spent in Hari’s vigil ripens into clarity at death, supporting steady remembrance rather than confusion.

The teaching is situated in the Dvārakā Māhātmya, linking the vow’s merit to Dvārakā’s sacred devotional culture.

Performing Hari’s night vigil (jāgaraṇa) as a vrata leading to auspicious spiritual results.

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