Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

भवेद्युगसहस्रं च विनाऽहारेण यत्फलम् । उन्मीलिनीं समासाद्य फलं जागरणे हरेः

Transliteration

bhavedyugasahasraṃ ca vinā'hāreṇa yatphalam | unmīlinīṃ samāsādya phalaṃ jāgaraṇe hareḥ

Translation

ہزار یُگ تک بغیر غذا کے رہنے سے جو پھل حاصل ہوتا ہے، اُنمِیلِنی ورت اختیار کر کے ہری کے جاگَرَن سے وہی پھل حاصل ہو جاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• भवेत्: would be/comes to be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person/प्रथमपुरुष), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• युगसहस्रम्: a thousand yugas
• युगसहस्रम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; here as predicate-nominative with भवेत् (nominative sense)

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

• विना: without
• विना: Sambandha (Exclusion/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विना (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्गसदृश-निपात (prepositional particle) governing तृतीया

• आहारेण: food/intake
• आहारेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; governed by विना

• यत्फलम्: the result which
• यत्फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—'यस्य फलम्' (whose fruit/result)

• उन्मीलिनीम्: Unmīlinī (a sacred observance/rite)
• उन्मीलिनीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उन्मीलिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; object of समासाद्य

• समासाद्य: having undertaken/approached
• समासाद्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् + आ + सद् (धातु) → समासाद्य (क्त्वान्त/अव्ययभाव)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive); 'having approached/undertaken'

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; here as predicate/object with implied लभ्यते

• जागरणे: in the vigil (night-wake)
• जागरणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जागरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; Locative

• हरेः: of Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरेः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; Genitive

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Dvārakā Māhātmya narrative style within Skanda Purāṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahīpāla (contextual continuity)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee remains awake before Hari through the night; above, a symbolic scale balances ‘thousand-yuga fasting’ on one side and ‘Unmīlinī + jāgaraṇa’ on the other, showing equal radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Unmīlinī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional vigil is elevated to the level of immense austerities, showing bhakti-based practice as a powerful path.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Dvārakā Māhātmya framework, where Hari’s worship and associated observances are praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Undertaking the Unmīlinī observance and performing Hari’s night-vigil; fasting is referenced as a comparative austerity.