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

แม้ผู้ใดจะสั่งสมบาปจากการฆ่านับหมื่น และการลักทองนับไม่ถ้วน แต่ผู้ที่ในศรีชาครณะสวดอ่านบทเพลงสรรเสริญอันศักดิ์สิทธิ์ บาปเก่ามากมายที่เคยทำย่อมถูกทำลายสิ้น

Word by Word

• हत्यायुतानाम्: of ten-thousands of killings (sins)
• हत्यायुतानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हत्यायुत (प्रातिपदिक; हत्या + अयुत)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (हत्या), षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; द्विगु ‘अयुतं हत्याः’ (दशसहस्र-हत्या)

• यदि: if
• यदि: Connector (Condition)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्त-प्रदर्शक अव्यय (conditional particle)

• संचितानि: accumulated
• संचितानि: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संचित (कृदन्त; सम् + चि)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), ‘accumulated’

• स्तेयानि: thefts
• स्तेयानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; ‘thefts/acts of stealing’

• रुक्मस्य: of gold
• रुक्मस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुक्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; ‘gold’

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), अर्थे ‘एवम्/तद्वत्’

• अमितानि: countless
• अमितानि: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमित (कृदन्त/विशेषण; अ + मि/मा? रूढ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; ‘immeasurable/countless’

• निहन्ति: destroys
• निहन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + हन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अनेकानि: many
• अनेकानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनेक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; ‘many’

• पुराकृतानि: done previously
• पुराकृतानि: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुराकृत (कृदन्त; पुरा + कृत)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; ‘पुरा’ (अव्यय) + ‘कृत’ (क्त) = अव्ययीभाव-समास, अर्थे ‘done earlier’

• श्रीजागरे: in the sacred vigil (Śrī-jāgara)
• श्रीजागरे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीजागर (प्रातिपदिक; श्री + जागर)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; ‘श्रियः/श्री-विष्णोः जागरः’ इति तत्पुरुष; अधिकरणे

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• प्रपठन्ति: recite
• प्रपठन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + पठ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• गीतम्: a song/hymn
• गीतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गीत (कृदन्त; गा + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, 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

• Viṣṇu (implied by śrī-jāgara context)
• Śrī-jāgara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

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

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

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.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

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