Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

दीपं प्रज्वालयेद्रात्रौ यः स्तवैर्हरिजागरे । न चास्तं गच्छते तस्य पुण्यं कल्पशतैरपि

Transliteration

dīpaṃ prajvālayedrātrau yaḥ stavairharijāgare | na cāstaṃ gacchate tasya puṇyaṃ kalpaśatairapi

Translation

ผู้ใดในยามราตรีจุดประทีป พร้อมสวดสรรเสริญและเฝ้าตื่นในพิธีชาครของพระหริ บุญกุศลของผู้นั้นไม่เสื่อม แม้ผ่านกัลป์นับร้อย

Word by Word

• दीपम्: a lamp
• दीपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• प्रज्वालयेत्: should light
• प्रज्वालयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + ज्वल् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम

• स्तवैः: with hymns
• स्तवैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; करण (instrumental)

• हरिजागरे: in the vigil for Hari
• हरिजागरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि + जागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: हरेः जागरः (Hari-jāgara: vigil for Hari)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction: 'and')

• अस्तम्: to setting, to decline
• अस्तम्: Gati/Karma (Goal as object/गति-कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोगः (accusative of goal)

• गच्छते: goes
• गच्छते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पुण्यम्: merit
• पुण्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• कल्पशतैः: even by hundreds of kalpas
• कल्पशतैः: Karana (Instrument/Measure/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-प्रायः: कल्पानां शतानि; करण (instrumental of measure)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle: 'even/also')

Speaker

Brahmā (deduced from discourse continuity)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee in Dvārakā at night lights a steady lamp before Hari’s image, while groups chant stotras; the lamp’s glow symbolizes merit that does not wane across kalpas.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Viṣṇu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even a simple offering like lighting a lamp, when joined to vigilant devotion and hymn-singing, becomes imperishable merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, where Hari’s night-vigil and lamp-offering are acclaimed as extraordinarily meritorious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Lighting a lamp at night during Hari-jāgaraṇa while reciting stotras (hymns).