Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

सरांसि च ह्रदाश्चैव समुद्राः कृत्स्नशो नृप । एकादश्यां नृपश्रेष्ठ गच्छंति हरिजागरे

Transliteration

sarāṃsi ca hradāścaiva samudrāḥ kṛtsnaśo nṛpa | ekādaśyāṃ nṛpaśreṣṭha gacchaṃti harijāgare

Translation

ഹേ നൃപശ്രേഷ്ഠാ! ഏകാദശിയിൽ എല്ലാ സരോവരങ്ങളും ഹ്രദങ്ങളും സമുദ്രങ്ങളും മുഴുവനായും ഹരിയുടെ ജാഗരണത്തിലേക്ക് (രാത്രിജാഗരണത്തിലേക്ക്) പോകുന്നു.

Word by Word

• sarāṃsi: lakes
• sarāṃsi: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — ‘सरांसि’ (lakes/ponds)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/ conjunction)

• hradāḥ: ponds
• hradāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hrada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — ‘ह्रदाः’ (ponds/lakes)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/ conjunction)

• eva: also/indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात; अवधारण)

• samudrāḥ: oceans
• samudrāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — ‘समुद्राः’ (oceans/seas)

• kṛtsnaśaḥ: wholly
• kṛtsnaśaḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kṛtsnaśaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘कृत्स्नशः’ (entirely, in full)

• nṛpa: O king
• nṛpa: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन — ‘नृप’ (O king)

• ekādaśyām: on Ekadashi
• ekādaśyām: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ekādaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — अधिकरणम् (on Ekadashi)

• nṛpa-śreṣṭha: O best of kings
• nṛpa-śreṣṭha: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक) + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन — ‘नृपाणां श्रेष्ठ’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः; सम्बोधन

• gacchanti: go
• gacchanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन — परस्मैपद; ‘गच्छन्ति’ (they go)

• hari-jāgare: to Hari’s vigil
• hari-jāgare: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक) + jāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — ‘हरेः जागरे’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः; अधिकरणम् (to/at Hari’s vigil)

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Harijāgara (Dvārakā)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On Ekādaśī night, personified lakes, ponds, and oceans—each as a deity with water-vessels and wave-crowns—move in a grand procession toward Hari’s night-vigil at Dvārakā, with lamps, conches, and chanting devotees.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Ekādaśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ekādaśī night-vigil for Hari is portrayed as so sacred that even nature symbolically participates, magnifying its merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa’s Dvārakā Māhātmya, centered on Hari/Viṣṇu worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observance of Hari’s jāgaraṇa (staying awake in devotional vigil) on Ekādaśī.