Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

नान्यथा जायतेऽस्माकं मुक्तिर्यज्ञशतैरपि । विना जागरणेनैव नरलोकात्कथंचन । तस्माज्जागरणं कार्यं पितॄणां हितमिच्छता

Transliteration

nānyathā jāyate'smākaṃ muktiryajñaśatairapi | vinā jāgaraṇenaiva naralokātkathaṃcana | tasmājjāgaraṇaṃ kāryaṃ pitṝṇāṃ hitamicchatā

Translation

La libération ne vient pas de cent sacrifices, mais de la seule veille. Ainsi, pour le bien des ancêtres, il faut l'accomplir.

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• anyathā: otherwise
• anyathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anyathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

• jāyate: arises; is obtained
• jāyate: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; भावे/कर्मणि प्रयोगः (is produced/comes about)

• asmākam: of us
• asmākam: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• muktiḥ: liberation
• muktiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• yajñaśataiḥ: by hundreds of sacrifices
• yajñaśataiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yajña + śata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (yajñānāṃ śatam → yajñaśatam)

• api: even; also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारक अव्यय (particle: even/also)

• vinā: without
• vinā: Apādāna (Ablative sense/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vinā (अव्यय)
• Form: अपादानार्थक-उपपद-अव्यय (preposition ‘without’ governing तृतीया)

• jāgaraṇena: by/with vigil (wakefulness)
• jāgaraṇena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāgaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• eva: only; indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• naralokāt: from the world of men
• naralokāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: naraloka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (narāṇāṃ lokaḥ)

• kathaṃcana: in any way; at all
• kathaṃcana: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kathaṃcana (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकार/सम्भावनावाचक (in any way/at all)

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात्-इत्यव्ययीभाववत् निपातः; हेत्वर्थक (therefore/from that)

• jāgaraṇam: vigil (wakeful observance)
• jāgaraṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāgaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; अत्र कर्मपदत्वेन (object)

• kāryam: should be done
• kāryam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective/विधेयविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kārya (प्रातिपदिक; √kṛ-णिच्/भाव्य)
• Form: कृदन्त (भाव्य/कर्तव्य), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (to be done)

• pitṝṇām: of the ancestors
• pitṝṇām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• hitam: welfare; benefit
• hitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hita (प्रातिपदिक; √dhā-क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त-विशेषण/संज्ञावत्, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• icchatā: by one who wishes
• icchatā: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: iṣ (धातु) + śatṛ (प्रत्यय)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; कर्तृवाचक (by one who desires)

Speaker

Narrator within Dvārakā-māhātmya (didactic voice emphasizing pitṛ-welfare)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A contrast tableau: on one side, elaborate yajña fires and priests; on the other, a simple night-vigil before Hari with lamps and kīrtana—shown as the direct path lifting ancestors upward.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In Kali-yuga, heartfelt devotional observance (jāgaraṇa for Hari) is taught as exceptionally potent for liberation and pitṛ-benefit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā’s sacred milieu, as presented in the Dvārakā-māhātmya of the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform jāgaraṇa with the intention of benefiting one’s ancestors (pitṛs), presented as a key Kali-yuga practice.