Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

उन्मीलिनी महीपाल यैः कृता प्रीतिसंयुतैः । कलौ जागरणोपेता फलं वक्ष्यामि तच्छृणु

Transliteration

unmīlinī mahīpāla yaiḥ kṛtā prītisaṃyutaiḥ | kalau jāgaraṇopetā phalaṃ vakṣyāmi tacchṛṇu

Translation

Ô protecteur de la terre, écoute : je décrirai le fruit de l’observance Unmīlinī lorsque, en l’âge de Kali, elle est accomplie avec la veille nocturne et une joie venue du cœur.

Word by Word

• उन्मीलिनी: Unmīlinī (the ‘awakening/opening’ observance)
• उन्मीलिनी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत् + मील् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ/इनी-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (agentive), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘one that opens/awakens’; here name/epithet of a (Dvādaśī) observance

• महीपाल: O king
• महीपाल: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीपाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन — address

• यैः: by whom
• यैः: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन — Instrumental plural; ‘by whom’

• कृता: performed
• कृता: Kriya (Participial predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘done/performed’ agreeing with उन्मीलिनी

• प्रीतिसंयुतैः: by those endowed with love/devotion
• प्रीतिसंयुतैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रीति + संयुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन — Instrumental plural; qualifies यैः: ‘by those endowed with devotion/pleasure’

• कलौ: in the Kali age
• कलौ: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन — Locative singular

• जागरणोपेता: accompanied by vigil
• जागरणोपेता: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जागरण + उपेत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular; ‘accompanied by vigil’; qualifies (उन्मीलिनी)

• फलम्: the result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन — Accusative singular; object of वक्ष्यामि

• वक्ष्यामि: I will explain
• वक्ष्यामि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन — I will tell

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन — Accusative singular; object of शृणु

• शृणु: listen
• शृणु: Kriya (Imperative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन — hear/listen

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Dvārakā Māhātmya narrative style within Skanda Purāṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahīpāla (explicit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Skanda (or the narrator-sage) addresses a king (‘mahīpāla’) in a courtly setting, describing the Unmīlinī observance; in the background, devotees prepare for a joyful night vigil in Hari’s temple.

Characters & Entities

• Kali-yuga
• Unmīlinī
• Jāgaraṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Joyful participation in dharmic observances, especially those joined with vigil, is highlighted as spiritually potent in Kali-yuga.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Dvārakā Māhātmya context continues, extolling Vaiṣṇava observances associated with Hari in Dvārakā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The Unmīlinī observance performed in Kali-yuga together with jāgaraṇa (night-vigil).