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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

हत्यायुतानां यदि संचितानिस्तेयानि रुक्मस्य तथामितानि । निहंत्यनेकानि पुराकृतानि श्रीजागरे ये प्रपठंति गीतम्

Transliteration

hatyāyutānāṃ yadi saṃcitānisteyāni rukmasya tathāmitāni | nihaṃtyanekāni purākṛtāni śrījāgare ye prapaṭhaṃti gītam

Translation

Даже если кто накопил десятки тысяч убийств и бесчисленные кражи золота, эти давние грехи уничтожаются у тех, кто во время священного ночного бдения читает святую песнь во славу Господа.

Word by Word
हत्यायुतानाम्of ten-thousands of killings (sins)
हत्यायुतानाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootहत्यायुत (प्रातिपदिक; हत्या + अयुत)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (हत्या), षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; द्विगु ‘अयुतं हत्याः’ (दशसहस्र-हत्या)
यदिif
यदि:
Connector (Condition)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदि (अव्यय)
Formशर्त-प्रदर्शक अव्यय (conditional particle)
संचितानिaccumulated
संचितानि:
Visheshana (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootसंचित (कृदन्त; सम् + चि)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), ‘accumulated’
स्तेयानिthefts
स्तेयानि:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootस्तेय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; ‘thefts/acts of stealing’
रुक्मस्यof gold
रुक्मस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootरुक्म (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; ‘gold’
तथाlikewise
तथा:
Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb), अर्थे ‘एवम्/तद्वत्’
अमितानिcountless
अमितानि:
Visheshana (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootअमित (कृदन्त/विशेषण; अ + मि/मा? रूढ)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; ‘immeasurable/countless’
निहन्तिdestroys
निहन्ति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootनि + हन् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present/वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
अनेकानिmany
अनेकानि:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootअनेक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; ‘many’
पुराकृतानिdone previously
पुराकृतानि:
Visheshana (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootपुराकृत (कृदन्त; पुरा + कृत)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; ‘पुरा’ (अव्यय) + ‘कृत’ (क्त) = अव्ययीभाव-समास, अर्थे ‘done earlier’
श्रीजागरेin the sacred vigil (Śrī-jāgara)
श्रीजागरे:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootश्रीजागर (प्रातिपदिक; श्री + जागर)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; ‘श्रियः/श्री-विष्णोः जागरः’ इति तत्पुरुष; अधिकरणे
येthose who
ये:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन
प्रपठन्तिrecite
प्रपठन्ति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + पठ् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present/वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद
गीतम्a song/hymn
गीतम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootगीत (कृदन्त; गा + क्त)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, ‘song/hymn’
Speaker

Narrative voice (contextual Purāṇic narration within Dvārakā Māhātmya; specific speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śrī-jāgara (sacred vigil) for Viṣṇu

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A repentant devotee among a night assembly sings before Viṣṇu; dark smoke-like forms labeled ‘hatyā’ and ‘steya’ dissolve into light as the hymn rises; lamps blaze brighter as purification occurs.

Characters & Entities
V
Viṣṇu (implied by śrī-jāgara context)
Ś
Śrī-jāgara

FAQs

Bhakti expressed through vigil and sacred recitation is presented as a potent purifier that destroys even grave accumulated sins.

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; the emphasis is on the act of śrī-jāgara (holy vigil) itself within the Dvārakā Māhātmya setting.

Reciting/chanting a gīta (devotional hymn) during the śrī-jāgara (night-vigil).

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