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

“Pembebasan kami tidak terjadi dengan cara lain—bahkan oleh seratus yajña sekalipun. Tanpa jāgaraṇa, tiada jalan keluar dari alam manusia. Maka, siapa menghendaki kebaikan para leluhur hendaklah sungguh melakukan jāgaraṇa.”

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.