Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

ये तु जागरणे निद्रां न यांति नृपपुंगव । न तेषां जननी याति खेदं गर्भावधारणात्

Transliteration

ye tu jāgaraṇe nidrāṃ na yāṃti nṛpapuṃgava | na teṣāṃ jananī yāti khedaṃ garbhāvadhāraṇāt

Translation

Ô le meilleur des rois, ceux qui, durant la veille, ne s’abandonnent pas au sommeil, leur mère ne souffre point d’affliction pour les avoir portés dans son sein.

Word by Word

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta/Subject (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण/विरोध (particle)

• जागरणे: during the vigil
• जागरणे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जागरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• निद्राम्: sleep
• निद्राम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निद्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• यान्ति: go/enter
• यान्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• नृपपुंगव: O bull among kings (best of kings)
• नृपपुंगव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक) + पुंगव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; समासः—नृपपुंगव (नृपः एव पुंगवः)

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

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

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

• याति: goes/undergoes
• याति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• खेदम्: distress
• खेदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: खेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• गर्भावधारणात्: from (the burden of) carrying a fetus/pregnancy
• गर्भावधारणात्: Apadana (Ablative cause/source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक) + अवधारण (प्रातिपदिक; √धृ (धातु) + अव + ल्युट्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; समासः—गर्भावधारण (गर्भस्य अवधारणम्)

Speaker

An unnamed Purāṇic narrator addressing a king (nṛpapuṅgava)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpa-puṅgava (best of kings)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee stays awake through the night in a lamp-lit temple courtyard; in a symbolic vignette, the mother is shown relieved and serene, suggesting her hardship is spiritually ‘consoled’ by the child’s dharma.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Keeping the vigil is portrayed as so meritorious that it sanctifies one’s very birth and removes maternal ‘burden’ or regret.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, as the setting for Kṛṣṇa’s beloved vigil (Kṛṣṇa-jāgaraṇa).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Do not sleep during the sacred vigil (jāgaraṇa).