Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

जपध्यानविहीनस्य गायकस्यापि भूपते । कर्मभ्रष्टस्य च प्रोक्तो मोक्षस्तु हरिजागरे

Transliteration

japadhyānavihīnasya gāyakasyāpi bhūpate | karmabhraṣṭasya ca prokto mokṣastu harijāgare

Translation

O hari, kahit sa isang mang-aawit na walang japa at pagninilay, at kahit sa taong nalihis sa itinakdang tungkulin, ipinahahayag na ang kalayaan (moksha) ay sumisibol sa pagpupuyat para kay Hari.

Word by Word

• जपध्यानविहीनस्य: of one devoid of japa and meditation
• जपध्यानविहीनस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जप (प्रातिपदिक) + ध्यान (प्रातिपदिक) + विहीन (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; समासः—जप-ध्यान-विहीन (जपध्यानाभ्यां विहीनः)

• गायकस्य: of a singer
• गायकस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गायक (प्रातिपदिक; √गै (धातु) + ण्वुल्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

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

• भूपते: O king
• भूपते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• कर्मभ्रष्टस्य: of one fallen from (proper) duties
• कर्मभ्रष्टस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + भ्रष्ट (कृदन्त; √भ्रंश्/भ्रश् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मभ्रष्ट (कर्मणः भ्रष्टः)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• प्रोक्तः: is declared/taught
• प्रोक्तः: Predicate (विशेष्य-विशेषण/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु) + प्र + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• मोक्षः: liberation
• मोक्षः: Karta/Subject (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण/विरोध (particle)

• हरिजागरे: in the vigil for Hari
• हरिजागरे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक) + जागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—हरिजागर (हरेः जागरः)

Speaker

Narrator addressing a king (speaker not explicit in snippet; within Dvārakā Māhātmya discourse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (bhūpate)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A weary, duty-fallen man and a simple singer stand through the night before Kṛṣṇa; their burdens (chains/ash) fall away as dawn breaks, symbolizing mokṣa arising from vigil.

Characters & Entities

• Hari

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional vigil is portrayed as a compassionate path that can uplift even those lacking formal disciplines or who have lapsed in duty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, where Hari’s vigil is proclaimed as liberating.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Participating in Harijāgaraṇa, including devotional singing, is extolled even when other practices are absent.