Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

वैशाखे ये करिष्यंति द्वादशीं कृष्णसन्निधौ । कृष्णं संपूजयन्तश्च रात्रौ कुर्वंति जागरम्

Transliteration

vaiśākhe ye kariṣyaṃti dvādaśīṃ kṛṣṇasannidhau | kṛṣṇaṃ saṃpūjayantaśca rātrau kurvaṃti jāgaram

Translation

Những ai trong tháng Vaiśākha sẽ giữ ngày Dvādaśī trước sự hiện diện của Kṛṣṇa—phụng thờ Kṛṣṇa và thức canh đêm (jāgara)—sẽ được công đức lớn.

Word by Word

• vaiśākhe: in (the month of) Vaiśākha
• vaiśākhe: Adhikarana (Location/time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaiśākha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (time-locative)

• ye: who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक

• kariṣyanti: will observe/do
• kariṣyanti: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• dvādaśīm: the Dvādaśī (12th lunar day)
• dvādaśīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvādaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म (object: the 12th lunar day observance)

• kṛṣṇasannidhau: in the presence of Kṛṣṇa
• kṛṣṇasannidhau: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa + sannidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (kṛṣṇasya sannidhiḥ)

• kṛṣṇam: Kṛṣṇa
• kṛṣṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘saṃpūjayantaḥ’ इत्यस्य कर्म

• saṃpūjayantaḥ: worshipping
• saṃpūjayantaḥ: Kriya (Participial predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + √pūj (पूज्)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle/शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘ye’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (and)

• rātrau: at night
• rātrau: Adhikarana (Location/time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rātri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण (time-locative)

• kurvanti: they do/perform
• kurvanti: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• jāgaram: vigil/wakefulness
• jāgaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म (object: vigil)

Speaker

Pitṛs (continuity of instruction; praising practices that yield merit and pitṛ-benefit)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night-time temple courtyard in Dvārakā: rows of lamps, devotees singing and keeping vigil before Kṛṣṇa; moonlit sea nearby; priests perform ārati.

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśākha
• Dvādaśī
• Kṛṣṇa
• Jāgara (vigil)
• Dvārakā (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Seasonal vrata observances performed with devotion in a sacred place intensify merit and divine proximity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, implied by ‘Kṛṣṇa’s presence’ within the Dvārakā Māhātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observing Vaiśākha Dvādaśī, worshiping Kṛṣṇa, and performing night vigil (jāgaraṇa).