Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 37
Devanagari script
वैदिकी दशगुणा प्रीतिर्यामेनैकेन जागरे । एवं फलानुसारेण कार्य्यं जागरणं हरेः
Transliteration
vaidikī daśaguṇā prītiryāmenaikena jāgare | evaṃ phalānusāreṇa kāryyaṃ jāgaraṇaṃ hareḥ
Translation
ജാഗരണത്തിൽ ഒരു യാമം (പ്രഹരം) മാത്രം ചെയ്താലും വൈദികസ്തുതിജന്യമായ പ്രീതി പത്തിരട്ടിയാകും; അതിനാൽ ആഗ്രഹഫലാനുസാരം ഹരിയുടെ ജാഗരണം ചെയ്യണം।
Word by Word
vaidikīVedic
vaidikī:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootvaidikī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); ‘prītiḥ’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
daśaguṇātenfold
daśaguṇā:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdaśa + guṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); ‘prītiḥ’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
prītiḥdelight, satisfaction
prītiḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootprīti (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
yāmenaby a watch (of the night)
yāmena:
Karana (Measure/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootyāma (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)
ekenaone
ekena:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rooteka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular); ‘yāmena’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
jāgarein the vigil
jāgare:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootjāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine/Neuter usage), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)
evamthus
evam:
Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootevam (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (indeclinable) प्रकारार्थ (thus/in this way)
phalānusāreṇaaccording to the result
phalānusāreṇa:
Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootphala + anusāra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular); हेतौ/अनुसारार्थे (according to)
kāryamto be done, should be performed
kāryam:
Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Predicate/विधेय)
TypeAdjective
Rootkārya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); विधेय-विशेषण (predicative): ‘to be done’
jāgaraṇamvigil, night-wake
jāgaraṇam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootjāgaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)
hareḥof Hari
hareḥ:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roothari (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)
Speaker
Brahmā (deduced from discourse continuity)
Characters & Entities
H
Hari (Viṣṇu)FAQs
Time, method, and scriptural mode of worship matter; Vedic praise during vigil is said to multiply merit.
Dvārakā, where Hari’s worship through vigil is framed as a high-yield vrata.
Performing Hari’s jāgaraṇa, even for one yāma; Vedic recitation is emphasized as especially potent.