Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

यो ददाति महीपाल कृष्णस्याग्रे तु दीपकम् । पातकं तु समुत्सृज्य ज्योतीरूपं लभेत्पदम्

Transliteration

yo dadāti mahīpāla kṛṣṇasyāgre tu dīpakam | pātakaṃ tu samutsṛjya jyotīrūpaṃ labhetpadam

Translation

大王啊，凡在黑天（Kṛṣṇa）前安置明灯者，必能舍离罪垢，得证光明炽盛、以光为体的至上境界。

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता/Subject), एकवचन

• ददाति: gives/offers
• ददाति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• महीपाल: O king (protector of the earth)
• महीपाल: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीपाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• कृष्णस्य: of Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध/Genitive), एकवचन

• अग्रे: in front (of)
• अग्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण/Locative), एकवचन

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषणार्थे ‘but/indeed’

• दीपकम्: a lamp
• दीपकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीपक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/Object), एकवचन

• पातकम्: sin
• पातकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/Object), एकवचन

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विशेषणार्थे

• समुत्सृज्य: having abandoned
• समुत्सृज्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उत्-√सृज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘having cast off/abandoned’

• ज्योतीरूपम्: of the form of light
• ज्योतीरूपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/Object), एकवचन; समासः—ज्योतिषः रूपम् (of the nature/form of light); विशेषणम् पदम्-शब्दस्य

• लभेत्: would obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• पदम्: state/abode
• पदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/Object), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (Dvārakā Māhātmya narrator addressing a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahīpāla / nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-king offers a single bright lamp before Śrī Kṛṣṇa in Dvārakā; the flame expands into a halo-like radiance, symbolizing sin falling away and ascent to a luminous state.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Dīpa (lamp)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Offering light to the Lord purifies karmic sin and leads the devotee toward luminous spiritual realization.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is the implied sacred geography of the chapter, where Kṛṣṇa worship is celebrated as supremely meritorious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dīpa-dāna / placing or offering a lamp before Kṛṣṇa.