Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

कृष्णजागरणे दानं यच्चाल्पमपि दीयते । सर्वं कोटिगुणं ज्ञेयमित्याहुः कवयो नृप

Transliteration

kṛṣṇajāgaraṇe dānaṃ yaccālpamapi dīyate | sarvaṃ koṭiguṇaṃ jñeyamityāhuḥ kavayo nṛpa

Translation

ข้าแต่มหาราช ทานใดที่ถวายในกาลจาครณะของพระกฤษณะ แม้เพียงเล็กน้อย พึงทราบว่าให้ผลบุญทวีคูณถึงโกฏิเท่า ดังที่ฤๅษีและกวีประกาศไว้

Word by Word

• कृष्णजागरणे: in the vigil of Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णजागरणे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण-जागरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; ‘कृष्णस्य जागरणम्’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः; Locative singular (in the vigil of Kṛṣṇa)

• दानम्: gift, charity
• दानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; Nominative/Accusative singular

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; Relative pronoun agreeing with ‘दानम्’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय; conjunction ‘and’

• अल्पम्: small, little
• अल्पम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘दानम्’ विशेषणम्; N/Acc sg

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावना/अपि-कारक-अव्यय; particle ‘even/also’

• दीयते: is given
• दीयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘is given’

• सर्वम्: all of it, entirely
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘(that) all/entire (gift)’

• कोटिगुणम्: million-fold
• कोटिगुणम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कोटि-गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘कोट्या गुणः’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः; ‘million-fold’ as predicate adjective

• ज्ञेयम्: to be known, should be understood
• ज्ञेयम्: Kriya (Predicative/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु) + यत् (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भाव्य/विधेय-कर्तव्यतार्थक कृत्य-प्रत्यय (यत्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘to be known/should be understood’

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय; quotative marker

• आहुः: they say
• आहुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह्/आह् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; ‘they said/declare’

• कवयः: sages, poets
• कवयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कवि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; Nominative plural

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; address

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from section continuity)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king) explicitly addressed

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A night vigil at Dvārakā: devotees offer small alms—handfuls of grain, a lamp, a coin—to the poor and to temple service; the gifts radiate outward as countless light-points symbolizing koṭiguṇa merit.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Jāgaraṇa
• Dāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Timing charity with sacred devotion (Kṛṣṇa-vigil) magnifies its spiritual fruit immensely.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting is Dvārakā Māhātmya, aligning the vigil and charity with Kṛṣṇa’s sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna (charity) performed during Kṛṣṇa-jāgaraṇa (devotional vigil).