Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

घृतेन बोधयेद्दीपं नृत्यं गीतं च कारयेत् । सोमवारे तथाष्टम्यां प्रभाते पूजयेद्द्विजान्

Transliteration

ghṛtena bodhayeddīpaṃ nṛtyaṃ gītaṃ ca kārayet | somavāre tathāṣṭamyāṃ prabhāte pūjayeddvijān

Translation

ويُوقَدُ السراجُ بالسمنِ المصفّى (ghee)، ويُقامُ الرقصُ والإنشاد. وفي يوم الاثنين، وكذلك في اليوم القمري الثامن، تُكرَّمُ طبقةُ «ذوي الميلادين» (dvija) صباحًا.

Word by Word

• घृतेन: with ghee
• घृतेन: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• बोधयेत्: should light/ignite
• बोधयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: बुध् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative: ‘cause to be lit/awaken’)

• दीपम्: a lamp
• दीपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• गीतम्: song/singing
• गीतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गीत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction: ‘and’)

• कारयेत्: should have (them) performed
• कारयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative: ‘should cause to be done’)

• सोमवारे: on Monday
• सोमवारे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम + वार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सोमस्य वारः)

• तथा: also/likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय/तुल्यार्थक (also/likewise)

• अष्टम्याम्: on the eighth lunar day
• अष्टम्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (तिथिः)

• प्रभाते: in the morning
• प्रभाते: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पूजयेत्: should worship/honor
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• द्विजान्: Brahmins (twice-born)
• द्विजान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

Speaker

Skanda (contextual attribution within Revā Khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somanātha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A lit ghee lamp is offered before the liṅga; temple musicians and dancers perform; at dawn, brāhmaṇas are honored with respectful worship and offerings.

Characters & Entities

• dvija
• Somavāra
• Aṣṭamī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Auspicious timing and devotional offerings—light, music, and honoring the worthy—strengthen dharma and devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Someshvara in the Revā Khaṇḍa milieu of the Narmadā sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Lighting a ghee lamp, arranging devotional dance and song, and morning worship/honoring of dvijas on Monday and Aṣṭamī.