Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

वैष्णवस्य तु शास्त्रस्य यो वक्ता जागरे हरेः । मद्भक्तं तं विजानीयाद्विपन्नस्त्वन्यथा भवेत्

Transliteration

vaiṣṇavasya tu śāstrasya yo vaktā jāgare hareḥ | madbhaktaṃ taṃ vijānīyādvipannastvanyathā bhavet

Translation

Namun sesiapa yang menghuraikan kitab suci Vaiṣṇava pada vigilia Hari—ketahuilah dia sebagai bhakta-Ku; jika tidak, dia akan jatuh ke dalam malang.

Word by Word

• वैष्णवस्य: of the Vaiṣṇava
• वैष्णवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैष्णव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (of Vaiṣṇava)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• शास्त्रस्य: of the scripture
• शास्त्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शास्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• वक्ता: speaker/reciter
• वक्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वक्तृ (प्रातिपदिक; from वच् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• जागरे: in the vigil
• जागरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• हरेः: of Hari
• हरेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मद्भक्तम्: my devotee
• मद्भक्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् (अस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक) + भक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विजानीयात्: should know/recognize
• विजानीयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग: वि-

• विपन्नः: ruined/fallen
• विपन्नः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विपन्न (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; पद् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past participle)

• तु: but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• अन्यथा: otherwise
• अन्यथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• भवेत्: would be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A devotee/interlocutor within Dvārakā-māhātmya frame (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A night assembly in Dvārakā: a learned Vaiṣṇava expounds scripture before a lamp-lit shrine of Hari; devotees sit with folded hands, some holding palm-leaf manuscripts; the sea-breeze and temple banners frame the vigil.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Hari
• Vaiṣṇava Śāstra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Serving Hari through scripture-exposition in a vigil is honored as genuine devotion, carrying protective spiritual consequence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction belongs to Dvārakā Māhātmya’s devotional framework, where such vigils and recitations are spiritually valorized.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

During Hari’s jāgara, conduct/attend Vaiṣṇava śāstra discourse (vaktṛ-kathā/explication) as a devotional observance.