Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

संप्राप्य वासरं विष्णोर्न येषां जागरो हरेः । व्यर्थं गतं च तत्पुण्यं तेषां वर्षशतोद्भवम्

Transliteration

saṃprāpya vāsaraṃ viṣṇorna yeṣāṃ jāgaro hareḥ | vyarthaṃ gataṃ ca tatpuṇyaṃ teṣāṃ varṣaśatodbhavam

Translation

Ceux qui, ayant obtenu le jour de Vishnu, ne veillent pas pour Hari, voient se perdre le mérite accumulé pendant cent ans.

Word by Word

• saṃprāpya: having obtained
• saṃprāpya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sam + pra + āp (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव: ‘having obtained/reached’

• vāsaram: the day
• vāsaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāsara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• viṣṇoḥ: of Viṣṇu
• viṣṇoḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• yeṣām: of whom / whose
• yeṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

• jāgaraḥ: vigil
• jāgaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• vyartham: in vain
• vyartham: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vyartha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण अव्यय (adverbial accusative)

• gatam: has gone / has become
• gatam: Kriyā (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु) → gata (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भावे प्रयोगः (predicate: ‘has gone/has become’)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• tat-puṇyam: that merit
• tat-puṇyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषार्थे: ‘tat puṇyam’ (that merit)

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

• varṣa-śata-udbhavam: born of a hundred years (of merit)
• varṣa-śata-udbhavam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: varṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + śata (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + udbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘varṣaśatāt udbhavam’ (arisen from a hundred years)

Speaker

Skanda (Kārttikeya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim in Dvārakā receives ‘Viṣṇu’s day’ but falls asleep; the merit amassed over a hundred years is shown as a fading aura, while a temple lamp continues to burn beside Hari’s image.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Hari

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred opportunities (Viṣṇu’s holy day) should be honored; neglecting prescribed devotion is depicted as spiritually ruinous.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting is the Dvārakā Māhātmya within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, thus connected to Dvārakā’s sacred observance culture.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Keeping Hari’s vigil (jāgaraṇa) upon the arrival of Viṣṇu’s holy day (vāsara/harivāsara).