Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

आज्येन सुप्रभूतेन होमद्रव्येण भारत । ये यजन्ति सदा भक्त्या त्रिकालं नृत्यमेव च

Transliteration

ājyena suprabhūtena homadravyeṇa bhārata | ye yajanti sadā bhaktyā trikālaṃ nṛtyameva ca

Translation

يا بهاراتا، إن الذين يعبدون دائمًا بتفانٍ—بسمنٍ غزيرٍ وبقرابينَ لائقةٍ للهُوما—ويؤدّون العبادة في الأوقات الثلاثة من اليوم، مع الرقص المقدّس،

Word by Word

• आज्येन: with ghee
• आज्येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन — Instrumental singular (by/with ghee)

• सुप्रभूतेन: well-abundant, plentiful
• सुप्रभूतेन: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु- + प्रभूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Instrumental singular; विशेषण (qualifying आज्येन)

• होमद्रव्येण: with the sacrificial offering-material
• होमद्रव्येण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: होम + द्रव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Instrumental singular (with oblation-material)

• भारत: O Bhārata
• भारत: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Vocative singular (address)

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Relative pronoun, nominative plural

• यजन्ति: worship, perform sacrifice
• यजन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन — Present indicative, 3rd person plural

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Instrumental singular (with devotion)

• त्रिकालम्: at the three times (morning/noon/evening)
• त्रिकालम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial accusative/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि + काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Accusative singular used adverbially (at the three times)

• नृत्यम्: dance
• नृत्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Accusative singular (object)

• एव: indeed, only
• एव: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — निश्चयार्थक/अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

Speaker

Rudra (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nārada-tīrtha (contextual, developed in following verses)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On the Revā’s calm northern bank, a devotee performs a ghee-fed homa at dawn, noon, and dusk; nearby, sacred dance is offered as worship, with Agni rising bright from the kuṇḍa and devas subtly witnessing.

Characters & Entities

• Bhārata (address to listener)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady, time-disciplined devotion—supported by homa and sacred arts—forms an ideal pattern of tīrtha-centered dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The wider context is the Revā Khaṇḍa’s praise of the Nārada/Nāradeśvara tīrtha region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Homa using abundant ghee and proper offerings, and trikāla (three-times-daily) worship, with devotional dance.