Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

जागरे पद्मनाभस्य घृतेनैव सुपाचितम् । वर्तिद्वयसमायुक्तं दीपं घृतसमन्वितम्

Transliteration

jāgare padmanābhasya ghṛtenaiva supācitam | vartidvayasamāyuktaṃ dīpaṃ ghṛtasamanvitam

Translation

پدمنابھ کے جاگرن (رات بھر کی عبادت) میں گھی کا چراغ نذر کرنا چاہیے—گھی سے خوب تیار کیا ہوا، دو بتیوں سے آراستہ، اور گھی سے لبریز۔

Word by Word

• jāgare: in the night-vigil
• jāgare: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; 'जागर' = जागरण/रात्रिजागरण (vigil)

• padma-nābhasya: of Padmanābha (Vishnu)
• padma-nābhasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: padma (प्रातिपदिक) + nābha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; विष्णोः नाम

• ghṛtena: with ghee
• ghṛtena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ghṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• eva: indeed / only
• eva: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• su-pācitam: well-prepared (well-cooked/processed)
• su-pācitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + √pac (धातु) → pācita (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), विशेषण (dīpam)

• varti-dvaya-samāyuktam: furnished with a pair of wicks
• varti-dvaya-samāyuktam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: varti (प्रातिपदिक) + dvaya (प्रातिपदिक) + samāyukta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (dīpam)

• dīpam: a lamp
• dīpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ghṛta-samanvitam: endowed with ghee
• ghṛta-samanvitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ghṛta (प्रातिपदिक) + samanvita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (dīpam)

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (Padmanābha shrine)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A night-time temple vigil: devotees seated with cymbals and drums, the sanctum glowing; a prominent ghee lamp with two wicks burns steadily before Padmanābha; reflections shimmer like the sea outside Dvārakā.

Characters & Entities

• Padmanābha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Wakeful devotion (jāgaraṇa) becomes especially fruitful when paired with dīpa-dāna—offering a pure ghee lamp to Viṣṇu.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is the implied sacred setting, where Padmanābha worship and night-vigil are praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer a ghee lamp (dīpa) with two wicks during Padmanābha’s night vigil.