Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

गन्धपुष्पैः समभ्यर्च्य रात्रौ कुर्वीत जागरम् । तस्य यत्फलमुद्दिष्टं तच्छृणुष्व नराधिप

Transliteration

gandhapuṣpaiḥ samabhyarcya rātrau kurvīta jāgaram | tasya yatphalamuddiṣṭaṃ tacchṛṇuṣva narādhipa

Translation

Nachdem man mit Düften und Blumen gebührend verehrt hat, soll man in der Nacht wachen. O König, höre nun die Frucht, die für diese Observanz verkündet wird.

Word by Word

• गन्धपुष्पैः: with perfumes and flowers
• गन्धपुष्पैः: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्ध-पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (गन्धाश्च पुष्पाणि च); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-बहुवचन (Instrumental plural)

• समभ्यर्च्य: having worshipped
• समभ्यर्च्य: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial to main verb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्-अभि-अर्च् (धातु) → समभ्यर्च्य (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (gerund/absolutive), अव्यय — 'having worshipped'

• रात्रौ: at night
• रात्रौ: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-एकवचन (Locative singular)

• कुर्वीत: should do/perform
• कुर्वीत: विधेय क्रिया (Main predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative); आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष-एकवचन (3rd person singular)

• जागरम्: a vigil (night-wake)
• जागरम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन (Accusative singular) — 'vigil'

• तस्य: of that
• तस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी-एकवचन (Genitive singular)

• यत्: which
• यत्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-विशेषण; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचन (Nom./Acc. singular) — correlating with 'फलम्'

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: कर्म/प्रत्यय (Object/complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचन (Nom./Acc. singular)

• उद्दिष्टम्: declared
• उद्दिष्टम्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्-दिश् (धातु) → उद्दिष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, PPP); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचन — 'declared/mentioned'

• तत्: that
• तत्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन (Accusative singular) — object of 'शृणुष्व'

• शृणुष्व: listen
• शृणुष्व: विधेय क्रिया (Main predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative); आत्मनेपद; मध्यमपुरुष-एकवचन (2nd person singular)

• नराधिप: O king (lord of men)
• नराधिप: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर-अधिप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (नराणाम् अधिपः); पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन-एकवचन (Vocative singular)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (narādhipa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night at the river ghat: devotees offer incense and flowers to a liṅga shrine, then sit in vigil with lamps burning; priests chant; the king listens to the narrator’s promise of results.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion is expressed through worship and disciplined wakefulness; the text frames such vrata as worthy of a specific promised fruit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Contextually, the Gopeśvara tīrtha in the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative of Adhyāya 174.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā with fragrance and flowers followed by jāgaraṇa (night-long vigil), as part of the Kārttika observance.