Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

हत्याऽयुतानीह सुसंचितानि स्तेयानि रुक्मस्य न सन्ति संख्या । निहंति केनापि पुरा कृतानि सर्वाणि भद्रा निशि जागरेण

Transliteration

hatyā'yutānīha susaṃcitāni steyāni rukmasya na santi saṃkhyā | nihaṃti kenāpi purā kṛtāni sarvāṇi bhadrā niśi jāgareṇa

Translation

โอ้ภัทรา แม้บาปจากการฆ่านับหมื่นที่สั่งสมไว้ ณ ที่นี้ และบาปลักทองอันนับไม่ถ้วน—บาปที่ทำมาแต่กาลก่อน—ย่อมถูกทำลายสิ้น ประหนึ่งด้วยอำนาจลี้ลับ ด้วยการตื่นเฝ้าราตรีอันศักดิ์สิทธิ์

Word by Word

• हत्याऽयुतानि: tens of thousands of killings
• हत्याऽयुतानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हत्या (प्रातिपदिक) + अयुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (हत्यायाः अयुतानि = murders in tens of thousands)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Place/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (here)

• सुसंचितानि: well amassed
• सुसंचितानि: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु+सम्+चि (धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि (well accumulated); विशेषण (हत्याऽयुतानि)

• स्तेयानि: thefts
• स्तेयानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• रुक्मस्य: of gold
• रुक्मस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुक्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

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

• सन्ति: are, exist
• सन्ति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• संख्या: count, number
• संख्या: Karta (Subject complement/प्रथमा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संख्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• निहन्ति: destroys
• निहन्ति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि+हन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन/बहुवचन (पाठानुसार बहुवचनार्थे), परस्मैपद; अर्थतः ‘destroys’

• केनापि: by someone (somehow)
• केनापि: Karana (Instrument/Agentive means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अनिश्चित-प्रयोग (by someone/anything)

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (formerly)

• कृतानि: committed
• कृतानि: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (done/committed); विशेषण (सर्वाणि)

• सर्वाणि: all (sins)
• सर्वाणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), बहुवचन

• भद्रे: O auspicious lady
• भद्रे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; स्त्रीसम्बोधन

• निशि: at night
• निशि: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निशा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• जागरेण: by the vigil
• जागरेण: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa narration commonly via Sūta to sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed as bhadrā/devī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee keeps vigil through the night in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, lamp-lit, with Viṣṇu’s presence implied; dark karmic shadows (murders/thefts) dissolve like smoke at dawn.

Characters & Entities

• Jāgara (night vigil)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Bhakti-filled vigil in a sacred setting is portrayed as a powerful purifier capable of destroying even grave accumulated sins.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where the night vigil (especially in the Ekādaśī context of surrounding verses) is said to burn away sins.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Niśi-jāgara (keeping awake in devotional vigil at night), functioning as a purificatory observance (prāyaścitta-like effect).