Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

हविष्यमन्नं भुञ्जीयाल्लघुसायं गते रवौ । रात्रौ जागरणं कुर्याद्वाराहे ह्यादिसंज्ञके

Transliteration

haviṣyamannaṃ bhuñjīyāllaghusāyaṃ gate ravau | rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kuryādvārāhe hyādisaṃjñake

Translation

Wenn die Sonne untergegangen ist, nehme man eine leichte Mahlzeit aus haviṣya, reiner ritueller Speise. In der Nacht aber halte man Wache und Vigil im Varāha-Heiligtum, das Ādi genannt wird.

Word by Word

• haviṣya-annam: haviṣya food (simple ritual diet)
• haviṣya-annam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: haviṣya (प्रातिपदिक) + anna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (haviṣya-type food)

• bhuñjīyāt: should eat
• bhuñjīyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhuj (भुज्) (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd); एकवचन

• laghu-sāyam: at early evening
• laghu-sāyam: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: laghu (प्रातिपदिक) + sāyam (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: at early evening)

• gate: when (it is) gone/set
• gate: Adhikarana (Time/सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √gam (गम्) (धातु) → gata (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (when gone)

• ravau: when the sun (has set)
• ravau: Adhikarana (Time/सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ravi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (with the sun)

• rātrau: at night
• rātrau: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rātri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन

• jāgaraṇam: wakefulness/vigil
• jāgaraṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāgaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन

• kuryāt: should do/perform
• kuryāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ) (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd); एकवचन

• vārāhe: in/at (the shrine of) Vārāha
• vārāhe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vārāha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphasis)

• ādi-saṃjñake: called ‘Ādi’
• ādi-saṃjñake: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ādi (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃjñaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (having the name 'Ādi')

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Revākhaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ādi-Varāha

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pāṇḍunandana

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night at the Ādi-Varāha temple: rows of oil lamps, devotees seated in vigil, reciting; a small plate of haviṣya offered; the deity’s presence felt as protective calm through the night.

Characters & Entities

• Varāha
• Ādi (Ādi-Varāha shrine)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Self-restraint and devotion—purity of diet and wakeful worship—prepare the devotee for sacred merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Varāha shrine titled ‘Ādi’ within the Revā (Narmadā) sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Eat haviṣya after sunset as a light meal and observe night-long vigil (jāgaraṇa) at the Varāha shrine.