Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

जागरं ये च कुर्वंति गायंति हरिवासरे । अग्निष्टोमफलं तेषां निमिषार्द्धेन षण्मुख

Transliteration

jāgaraṃ ye ca kurvaṃti gāyaṃti harivāsare | agniṣṭomaphalaṃ teṣāṃ nimiṣārddhena ṣaṇmukha

Translation

Wahai Ṣaṇmukha, mereka yang berjaga malam dan bernyanyi pada hari suci Hari memperoleh buah korban Agniṣṭoma hanya dalam setengah detik sekejap.

Word by Word

• जागरम्: vigil
• जागरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• कुर्वन्ति: do/perform
• कुर्वन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• गायन्ति: sing
• गायन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गै (धातु; गायति)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• हरिवासरे: on Hari’s day (Viṣṇu’s day)
• हरिवासरे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि + वासर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अग्निष्टोमफलम्: the fruit of the Agniṣṭoma sacrifice
• अग्निष्टोमफलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्निष्टोम + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तेषाम्: for them/of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• निमिषार्द्धेन: in half a moment
• निमिषार्द्धेन: Karana (Measure/Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निमिष + अर्द्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• षण्मुख: O Ṣaṇmukha
• षण्मुख: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षण्मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (Kārttikeya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṣaṇmukha (explicit vocative)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A jubilant night vigil: devotees sing with cymbals and drums before Hari; above them, a symbolic Vedic altar-fire appears as a luminous aura, indicating Agniṣṭoma fruit granted through kīrtana.

Characters & Entities

• Hari
• Agniṣṭoma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Bhakti practices—vigil and devotional singing—can grant the merit of major Vedic sacrifices swiftly, showing devotion’s extraordinary potency.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching occurs within the Dvārakā Māhātmya, thus framed by the sacred geography of Dvārakā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Keeping awake in worship (jāgaraṇa) and singing hymns (kīrtana/gāna) on Hari’s sacred day (harivāsara).