Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 251

Devanagari script

संप्राप्ते वासरे विष्णो रात्रौ जागरणान्वितः । श्रुत्वाख्यानमिदं पुण्यं वैकुंठे वसतिं लभेत्

Transliteration

saṃprāpte vāsare viṣṇo rātrau jāgaraṇānvitaḥ | śrutvākhyānamidaṃ puṇyaṃ vaikuṃṭhe vasatiṃ labhet

Translation

Quando chega o dia sagrado de Viṣṇu, aquele que passa a noite em vigília e ouve esta narrativa meritória alcança morada em Vaikuṇṭha.

Word by Word

• संप्राप्ते: when (it is) arrived/when it has come
• संप्राप्ते: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-प्राप् (धातु) → संप्राप्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे (contextual; with वासरे), क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• वासरे: on the day
• वासरे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• विष्णो: O Viṣṇu
• विष्णो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन

• रात्रौ: at night
• रात्रौ: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• जागरण-अन्वितः: endowed with night-vigil
• जागरण-अन्वितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जागरण (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्वित (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः: जागरणेन अन्वितः = endowed with vigil)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: श्रु (धातु) → श्रुत्वा (क्त्वान्त अव्यय/gerund)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• आख्यानम्: the narrative
• आख्यानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आख्यान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदं (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (of आख्यानम्)

• पुण्यम्: meritorious, holy
• पुण्यम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (of आख्यानम्)

• वैकुण्ठे: in Vaikuṇṭha
• वैकुण्ठे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैकुण्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (place-name), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• वसतिम्: dwelling, residence
• वसतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• लभेत्: may obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue context)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya and assembled sages (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A night vigil in Kāśī: devotees seated with lamps, listening to a sacred narrative; Viṣṇu’s presence implied as a radiant, serene form bestowing Vaikuṇṭha-gati.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Vaikuṇṭha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional listening (śravaṇa) combined with disciplined vigil (jāgaraṇa) is praised as a direct means to attain Viṣṇu’s abode.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within Kāśīkhaṇḍa, the context points to Kāśī and the Bindu-Mādhava-related sacred narrative, though the verse itself names Vaikuṇṭha as the fruit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Keeping night-long vigil (jāgaraṇa) on a Viṣṇu-associated holy day and listening to the sacred account.