Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

कन्याकोटिप्रदानं च स्वर्णभारशतं तथा । दत्तं रत्नायुतशतं यैः कृतो जागरो हरेः

Transliteration

kanyākoṭipradānaṃ ca svarṇabhāraśataṃ tathā | dattaṃ ratnāyutaśataṃ yaiḥ kṛto jāgaro hareḥ

Translation

凡为哈利（Hari）守夜通宵者，其功德等同于施与亿万少女婚嫁之厚礼，布施百担黄金，并奉献数以十万计的宝珠珍宝。

Word by Word

• kanyā-koṭi-pradānam: the giving of a crore of maidens
• kanyā-koṭi-pradānam: Karma/Phala-hetu (Object/means mentioned)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kanyā (प्रातिपदिक) + koṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + pradāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (कन्यानां कोटिः) + तत्पुरुषः (कन्याकोटेः प्रदानम्)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha/Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• svarṇa-bhāra-śatam: a hundred loads of gold
• svarṇa-bhāra-śatam: Karma/Phala-hetu
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāra (प्रातिपदिक) + śata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (स्वर्णस्य भारः) + तत्पुरुषः (भाराणां शतम्)

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha/Modifier
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: likewise)

• dattam: given
• dattam: Karma (Given thing)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धातु) → datta (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, भूतकर्मणि/कर्मणि); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; दानकर्म सूचयति

• ratna-ayuta-śatam: a hundred ten-thousands of jewels
• ratna-ayuta-śatam: Karma/Phala-hetu
• Type: Noun
• Root: ratna (प्रातिपदिक) + ayuta (प्रातिपदिक) + śata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (रत्नानाम् अयुतम्) + तत्पुरुषः (अयुतानां शतम्)

• yaiḥ: by whom (by those who)
• yaiḥ: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद्-प्रातिपदिक, सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (सामान्यतः), तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• kṛtaḥ: done/performed
• kṛtaḥ: Karma (Action-result: vigil performed)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु) → kṛta (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘जागरः’ इति पदस्य विशेषणम्

• jāgaraḥ: the vigil
• jāgaraḥ: Karma/Subject complement
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता/विषय) विभक्ति, एकवचन

• hareḥ: of Hari
• hareḥ: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from section context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (Hari-jāgara)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee keeps vigil before Hari while symbolic offerings—bridal gifts, gold, and gem caskets—appear as radiant metaphors around the shrine, indicating equivalent merit.

Characters & Entities

• Hari
• Jāgara
• Dāna (kanyā-dāna, gold, gems)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa magnifies the vrata: Hari’s jāgara is celebrated as spiritually equivalent to extraordinary acts of dāna.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, within the Dvārakā Māhātmya praising Vāsudeva’s observances.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform Hari’s night-vigil; its fruit is compared to vast charitable gifts of kanyā-dāna, gold, and gems.