Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

यमस्य पथि निर्मुक्ता जनाः पापशतैर्वृताः । गीतशास्त्रविनोदेन द्वादशीजागरान्विताः

Transliteration

yamasya pathi nirmuktā janāḥ pāpaśatairvṛtāḥ | gītaśāstravinodena dvādaśījāgarānvitāḥ

Translation

వందల పాపములతో చుట్టుముట్టబడిన జనులైనను, ద్వాదశీ జాగరణంతో భజన-శాస్త్రపఠనానందంలో లీనులైతే యమపథమునుండి విముక్తులగుదురు.

Word by Word

• यमस्य: of Yama
• यमस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• पथि: on the path
• पथि: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पथिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• निर्मुक्ताः: freed, released
• निर्मुक्ताः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्मुक्त (कृदन्त; √मुच् मोक्षणे, नि: उपसर्ग)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• जनाः: people
• जनाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; कर्तृ

• पाप-शतैः: by hundreds of sins
• पाप-शतैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (शत), तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘पापानां शतानि’; करण

• वृताः: surrounded, covered
• वृताः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृत (कृदन्त; √वृ आवरणे/वरणे)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• गीत-शास्त्र-विनोदेन: by amusement with song and scripture
• गीत-शास्त्र-विनोदेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गीत (प्रातिपदिक) + शास्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + विनोद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (विनोद), तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; समाहार/निर्देश-तत्पुरुषः ‘गीतं च शास्त्रं च तयोः विनोदः’ (अर्थतः: गीतशास्त्रयोः विनोदः); करण

• द्वादशी-जागर-अन्विताः: endowed with the Dvādaśī vigil
• द्वादशी-जागर-अन्विताः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादशी (प्रातिपदिक) + जागर (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्वित (कृदन्त; √इ अवगमने/गत्यर्थे, अनु उपसर्ग; ‘endowed with’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः ‘द्वादश्यां जागरेण अन्विताः’; विशेषण

Speaker

Skanda (Kārttikeya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrim audience/teacher-disciple setting of the māhātmya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dramatic moral tableau: shadowy figures burdened by sins approach a dark road marked by Yama’s symbols; then, through Dvādaśī vigil—singing and scripture—light pours from Hari’s shrine, breaking the path and freeing them.

Characters & Entities

• Yama
• Dvādaśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional vigil on Dvādaśī, joined with sacred music and scripture, is presented as a powerful purifier that nullifies heavy sin and fear of death’s judgment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader context is Dvārakā’s sanctity within the Dvārakā Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dvādaśī jāgaraṇa accompanied by gīta (devotional singing) and śāstra (scriptural recitation/discourse).