Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

शयनो त्थापनाभ्यां च समं पुण्यमुदाहृतम् । विशेषो नास्ति भूपाल विष्णुना कथितं पुरा

Transliteration

śayano tthāpanābhyāṃ ca samaṃ puṇyamudāhṛtam | viśeṣo nāsti bhūpāla viṣṇunā kathitaṃ purā

Translation

所说功德在两者之间皆相等——或卧或起；并无差别，噢大王，正如毗湿奴在古时所开示。

Word by Word

• शयन-उत्थापनाभ्याम्: by sleeping and rising
• शयन-उत्थापनाभ्याम्: करण (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शयन (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्थापन (प्रातिपदिक; उद् + √स्था धातु-सम्भव)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (copulative): शयनं च उत्थापनं च; नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), द्विवचन (Dual)

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• समम्: equally
• समम्: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); क्रियाविशेषणवत् (adverbial use)

• पुण्यम्: merit
• पुण्यम्: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• उदाहृतम्: is declared
• उदाहृतम्: क्रिया (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद् + आ + √हृ (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• विशेषः: difference; distinction
• विशेषः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• न: not
• न: निषेध (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (negation particle)

• अस्ति: is
• अस्ति: क्रिया (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• भूपाल: O king
• भूपाल: सम्बोधन (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूपाल (प्रातिपदिक; भू + पाल)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• विष्णुना: by Viṣṇu
• विष्णुना: कर्ता (Agent of passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• कथितम्: said; told
• कथितम्: क्रिया (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कथ् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• पुरा: formerly; long ago
• पुरा: कालाधिकरण (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of time)

Speaker

An unnamed Purāṇic narrator addressing a king (bhūpāla)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kṛṣṇa-jāgara in Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhūpāla (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king is instructed that the merit of the observance is equal whether one reclines or rises; Viṣṇu’s ancient teaching is invoked as authority.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text stresses Viṣṇu’s authority and the assured merit of the observance, emphasizing the vow’s sanctity over technical distinctions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, where Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa-centered observances are praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Follow the vigil discipline as taught by Viṣṇu; the vow’s merit is affirmed as certain.