Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34
Devanagari script
हरिस्वापे नरो नित्यमेकभक्तं समाचरेत् । दिवसेदिवसे तस्य द्वादशाहफलं लभेत्
Transliteration
harisvāpe naro nityamekabhaktaṃ samācaret | divasedivase tasya dvādaśāhaphalaṃ labhet
Translation
हरिस्वापात मनुष्याने नित्य एकभक्त (दिवसातून एकदा भोजन) करावे; दिवसेंदिवस त्याला द्वादशाह-व्रतासमान फळ मिळते।
Word by Word
हरिस्वापेduring Hari’s sleep (the period)
हरिस्वापे:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootहरि + स्वाप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)
नरःa man/person
नरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तृपद
नित्यम्always
नित्यम्:
Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formक्रियाविशेषणरूपेण अव्यय (adverbial accusative)
एकभक्तम्single-meal (observance)
एकभक्तम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootएक + भक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म (object)
समाचरेत्should practice/observe
समाचरेत्:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + आ + चर् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
दिवसेon a day
दिवसे:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootदिवस (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण
दिवसेday by day
दिवसे:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootदिवस (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (iteration)
तस्यof him/of that (observance)
तस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध
द्वादशाहफलम्the fruit of (a) twelve-day (rite)
द्वादशाहफलम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootद्वादश + अह + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म (object)
लभेत्would obtain
लभेत्:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootलभ् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद
Speaker
Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A devotee takes a single modest meal before sunset, then offers lamp and tulasī to Hari; a celestial ledger shows ‘12-day merit’ stamped each day during Hari’s sleep.
Characters & Entities
H
Hari (Viṣṇu)FAQs
Consistent moderation in diet during sacred time multiplies merit and strengthens devotion.
The verse praises a vrata linked to Hariśayana rather than a named pilgrimage site.
Ekabhakta—eating once daily—throughout the period of Hari’s śayana.