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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

कृष्णजागरणे दानं यच्चाल्पमपि दीयते । सर्वं कोटिगुणं ज्ञेयमित्याहुः कवयो नृप

Transliteration

kṛṣṇajāgaraṇe dānaṃ yaccālpamapi dīyate | sarvaṃ koṭiguṇaṃ jñeyamityāhuḥ kavayo nṛpa

Translation

Tâu Đại vương, mọi sự bố thí được dâng trong đêm thức canh vì Kṛṣṇa—dẫu chỉ nhỏ nhoi—cũng nên biết là công đức tăng lên gấp một koṭi lần; các bậc hiền triết đã nói như vậy.

Word by Word
कृष्णजागरणेin the vigil of Kṛṣṇa
कृष्णजागरणे:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootकृष्ण-जागरण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; ‘कृष्णस्य जागरणम्’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः; Locative singular (in the vigil of Kṛṣṇa)
दानम्gift, charity
दानम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; Nominative/Accusative singular
यत्which
यत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; Relative pronoun agreeing with ‘दानम्’
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय; conjunction ‘and’
अल्पम्small, little
अल्पम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘दानम्’ विशेषणम्; N/Acc sg
अपिeven
अपि:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formसम्भावना/अपि-कारक-अव्यय; particle ‘even/also’
दीयतेis given
दीयते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदा (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘is given’
सर्वम्all of it, entirely
सर्वम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘(that) all/entire (gift)’
कोटिगुणम्million-fold
कोटिगुणम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootकोटि-गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘कोट्या गुणः’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः; ‘million-fold’ as predicate adjective
ज्ञेयम्to be known, should be understood
ज्ञेयम्:
Kriya (Predicative/विधेय)
TypeAdjective
Rootज्ञा (धातु) + यत् (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
Formभाव्य/विधेय-कर्तव्यतार्थक कृत्य-प्रत्यय (यत्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘to be known/should be understood’
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (Quotation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय; quotative marker
आहुःthey say
आहुः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअह्/आह् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; ‘they said/declare’
कवयःsages, poets
कवयः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकवि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; Nominative plural
नृपO king
नृप:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootनृप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; address
Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from section continuity)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king) explicitly addressed

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A night vigil at Dvārakā: devotees offer small alms—handfuls of grain, a lamp, a coin—to the poor and to temple service; the gifts radiate outward as countless light-points symbolizing koṭiguṇa merit.

Characters & Entities
K
Kṛṣṇa
J
Jāgaraṇa
D
Dāna

FAQs

Timing charity with sacred devotion (Kṛṣṇa-vigil) magnifies its spiritual fruit immensely.

The setting is Dvārakā Māhātmya, aligning the vigil and charity with Kṛṣṇa’s sacred geography.

Dāna (charity) performed during Kṛṣṇa-jāgaraṇa (devotional vigil).

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