Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

हत्यापापसमूहकोटिनिचयैर्गुर्वंगनाकोटिभिःस्तेयैर्लक्षगुणैर्गुरोर्वधकरैः संवेष्टितो यद्यपि । श्रुत्वा भागवतं छिनत्ति सकलं कृत्वा हरेर्जागरं मुक्तिं याति नरेन्द्र निर्मलवपुर्भित्त्वा रवेर्मंडलम्

Transliteration

hatyāpāpasamūhakoṭinicayairgurvaṃganākoṭibhiḥsteyairlakṣaguṇairgurorvadhakaraiḥ saṃveṣṭito yadyapi | śrutvā bhāgavataṃ chinatti sakalaṃ kṛtvā harerjāgaraṃ muktiṃ yāti narendra nirmalavapurbhittvā ravermaṃḍalam

Translation

ਹੇ ਰਾਜਨ, ਭਾਵੇਂ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਹੱਤਿਆ ਦੇ ਕਰੋੜਾਂ ਪਾਪਾਂ, ਗੁਰੂ-ਪਤਨੀ ਨਾਲ ਅਪਰਾਧ ਦੇ ਕਰੋੜਾਂ, ਲੱਖ ਗੁਣਾ ਚੋਰੀਆਂ ਅਤੇ ਗੁਰੂ-ਵਧ ਜਿਹੇ ਮਹਾਪਾਪ ਨਾਲ ਵੀ ਘਿਰਿਆ ਹੋਵੇ; ਤਾਂ ਵੀ ਪੂਰਾ ਭਾਗਵਤ ਸੁਣ ਕੇ ਅਤੇ ਹਰੀ ਦਾ ਜਾਗਰਣ ਕਰਕੇ ਉਹ ਸਭ ਕੁਝ ਕੱਟ ਦਿੰਦਾ ਹੈ, ਮੁਕਤੀ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ, ਨਿਰਮਲ ਦੇਹ ਵਾਲਾ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਸੂਰਜ-ਮੰਡਲ ਤੋਂ ਪਰੇ ਲੰਘ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• hatyā-pāpa-samūha-koṭi-nicayaiḥ: by vast accumulations of sins (murder etc.)
• hatyā-pāpa-samūha-koṭi-nicayaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hatyā (प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + samūha (प्रातिपदिक) + koṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + nicaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास (by heaps of crores of collections of sins like murder)

• guru-aṃganā-koṭibhiḥ: by crores of (sins involving) the guru’s women
• guru-aṃganā-koṭibhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guru (प्रातिपदिक) + aṃganā (प्रातिपदिक) + koṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (aṃganā), तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (by crores of guru’s women/consorts—i.e., grave sexual sins)

• steyaiḥ: by thefts
• steyaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: steya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• lakṣa-guṇaiḥ: a hundred-thousand-fold
• lakṣa-guṇaiḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: lakṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + guṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (multiplied a hundred-thousand times)

• guroḥ: of the guru
• guroḥ: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• vadhakaraiḥ: by acts of killing
• vadhakaraiḥ: Karana (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vadhakara (प्रातिपदिक: vadha + kara)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (acts that cause killing)

• saṃveṣṭitaḥ: encircled/covered
• saṃveṣṭitaḥ: Karta (Subject; described)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam + √veṣṭ (धातु) + क्त (क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कृदन्तः—भूतकर्मणि क्त (wrapped/encircled)

• yadi: even if/if
• yadi: Discourse marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/शर्त-निबन्धन-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• api: even
• api: Discourse marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अपि-निपात (concessive particle)

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• bhāgavatam: the Bhāgavata
• bhāgavatam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāgavata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• chinatti: cuts off/destroys
• chinatti: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: chid (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• sakalam: all, entire
• sakalam: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sakala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• kṛtvā: having done
• kṛtvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• hareḥ: of Hari
• hareḥ: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• jāgaram: vigil (night-wake)
• jāgaram: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• muktim: liberation
• muktim: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• yāti: goes/attains
• yāti: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• narendra: O king
• narendra: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara-indra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (king of men)

• nirmala-vapuḥ: (becoming) pure-bodied
• nirmala-vapuḥ: Karta (Subject; described)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nirmala (प्रातिपदिक) + vapuṣ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (pure-bodied)

• bhittvā: having pierced/broken through
• bhittvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhid (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• raveḥ: of the Sun
• raveḥ: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ravi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• maṃḍalam: orb/sphere
• maṃḍalam: Karma (Object; goal crossed)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṃḍala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Narendra (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sinner encircled by dark nooses and shadowy symbols of crimes; as Bhāgavata is recited and the vigil continues, the darkness shatters into light; the person becomes radiant and ascends beyond a stylized solar disc (ravi-maṇḍala).

Characters & Entities

• Hari
• Bhāgavata
• Narendra (king)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Bhāgavata-śravaṇa (hearing the Bhāgavata) combined with Hari’s jāgaraṇa has the power to sever even the gravest sins and lead to mokṣa.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is glorified within the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa’s Dvārakā-māhātmya as a place where such devotional acts yield liberation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Two observances are highlighted: (1) śravaṇa of the Bhāgavata and (2) harer jāgaraṇa—keeping a night vigil dedicated to Hari.