Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

यथा यथा याति नरः प्रजागरे तथातथा विष्णुपुरे विचिंत्यते । वासः सुरैर्वैष्णवलोकहेतवे मृदंगगीतध्वनिनादिते गृहे

Transliteration

yathā yathā yāti naraḥ prajāgare tathātathā viṣṇupure viciṃtyate | vāsaḥ surairvaiṣṇavalokahetave mṛdaṃgagītadhvaninādite gṛhe

Translation

บุรุษใดใช้คืนแห่งการตื่นเฝ้า (ปรชาคระ) อย่างไร ในพระนครของพระวิษณุเขาย่อมถูกระลึกและนับบัญชีอย่างนั้นเอง เพื่อให้บรรลุโลกไวษณพ เหล่าเทวะจัดเตรียมที่พำนักให้เขา เป็นเรือนที่ก้องด้วยเสียงมฤทังคะและบทสรรเสริญอันศักดิ์สิทธิ์

Word by Word

• यथा: as
• यथा: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (correlative adverb)

• यथा: as (again)
• यथा: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरुक्त-अव्यय (repetition for emphasis)

• याति: goes
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रजागरे: in/at the vigil
• प्रजागरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pra-jāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तथा: so
• तथा: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (correlative adverb)

• तथा: so (again)
• तथा: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरुक्त-अव्यय (repetition for emphasis)

• विष्णुपुरे: in Vishnu's abode
• विष्णुपुरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु + पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः विष्णोः पुरम् (Vishnu's city)

• विचिन्त्यते: is contemplated/considered
• विचिन्त्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-चिन्त् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• वासः: dwelling/residence
• वासः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सुरैः: by the gods
• सुरैः: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन

• वैष्णवलोकहेतवे: for the purpose of the Vaiṣṇava world
• वैष्णवलोकहेतवे: Sampradana (Recipient/Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैष्णव + लोक + हेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative), एकवचन; समासः वैष्णवस्य लोकस्य हेतुः/हेतवे (for the sake of attaining the Vaiṣṇava world)

• मृदङ्गगीतध्वनिनादिते: in (a place) resounding with drum and song sounds
• मृदङ्गगीतध्वनिनादिते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृदङ्ग + गीत + ध्वनि + नादित (प्रातिपदिक; नादय्/नद्-सम्भव कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण; समासः मृदङ्गगीतस्य ध्वनिना नादितम् (resounding with drum-song sound)

• गृहे: in a house
• गृहे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator within the Māhātmya (deductively: a Purāṇic teacher addressing the king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Saṃsārasāgara-tīrtha (contextual) / Vastrāpatha-kṣetra vigil

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee keeping vigil—singing and contemplating—while above, Viṣṇupura is shown as a luminous city; devas arrange a house that vibrates with mṛdaṅga and sacred song, welcoming the devotee.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇupura
• Vaiṣṇavaloka
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional effort during vigil is spiritually ‘counted’ in Viṣṇu’s realm; sincere bhakti is portrayed as creating a heavenly destiny.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya’s tīrtha-vigil context (linked to Saṃsārasāgara in the preceding verse).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Prajāgara/jāgaraṇa (night-long vigil), framed as a bhakti-practice leading toward Vaiṣṇavaloka.