Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

निकृंतनं कर्मणश्च ह्यात्मना दुष्कृतं कृतम् । व्यपोहति न संदेहो येन जागरणं कृतम् । संक्षेपतः प्रवक्ष्यामि पुनरेव महीपते । जागरे पद्मनाभस्य यत्फलं कवयो विदुः

Transliteration

nikṛṃtanaṃ karmaṇaśca hyātmanā duṣkṛtaṃ kṛtam | vyapohati na saṃdeho yena jāgaraṇaṃ kṛtam | saṃkṣepataḥ pravakṣyāmi punareva mahīpate | jāgare padmanābhasya yatphalaṃ kavayo viduḥ

Translation

毫无疑问：凡行守夜者，必能斩断并除去自己所造的恶业。大王啊，我将再略说一次：为莲脐者（Padmanābha）守夜之果报，正如诸贤所知。

Word by Word

• nikṛṃtanam: cutting off/destruction
• nikṛṃtanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ni-√kṛt (धातु) + lyuṭ (कृत् प्रत्यय; -ana)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भाववाचक (action-noun)

• karmaṇaḥ: of karma/deed
• karmaṇaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), निश्चयार्थ

• ātmanā: by oneself
• ātmanā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण/कर्तृसाधन (by oneself)

• duṣkṛtam: evil deed
• duṣkṛtam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dus- (उपसर्ग) + √kṛ (धातु) + kta
• Form: भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘evil deed/sin’

• kṛtam: done
• kṛtam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु) + kta
• Form: भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘done’ (predicative)

• vyapohati: removes/drives away
• vyapohati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-apa-√uh (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• na: no/not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• saṃdehaḥ: doubt
• saṃdehaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃdeha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• yena: by which
• yena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करणार्थ ‘by which’

• jāgaraṇam: vigil-keeping
• jāgaraṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāgaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• kṛtam: is done/observed
• kṛtam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु) + kta
• Form: भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘done/observed’

• saṃkṣepataḥ: briefly
• saṃkṣepataḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saṃkṣepa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb)

• pravakṣyāmi: I shall tell
• pravakṣyāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√vac (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/लृट्), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• punar: again
• punar: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• mahīpate: O king
• mahīpate: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahīpati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (महीयाः पतिः)

• jāgare: in the vigil
• jāgare: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• padmanābhasya: of Padmanābha (Viṣṇu)
• padmanābhasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: padma (प्रातिपदिक) + nābha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (यस्य नाभौ पद्मम् सः) विष्णोः नाम

• yat: which/whatever
• yat: Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (correlative)

• phalam: fruit/result
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• kavayaḥ: sages
• kavayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kavi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• viduḥ: know/declare
• viduḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vid (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Narrator addressing a king (speaker not explicit in snippet; within Dvārakā Māhātmya discourse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Harijāgaraṇa / Padmanābha-jāgaraṇa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (mahīpati)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee stays awake before Padmanābha; dark karmic knots or chains are shown being cut, dissolving into light as sages affirm the fruit.

Characters & Entities

• Padmanābha
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere vigil for Padmanābha is portrayed as a powerful purifier that severs the results of self-created wrongdoing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā and its Vaiṣṇava sacred observances, within the Dvārakā Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing jāgaraṇa (night vigil) dedicated to Padmanābha/Hari.