Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

दृष्ट्वा पञ्चवराहान्वै क्रोडमुदीर्णरूपिणम् । पूजयित्वा विधानेन पश्चाज्जागरणं चरेत्

Transliteration

dṛṣṭvā pañcavarāhānvai kroḍamudīrṇarūpiṇam | pūjayitvā vidhānena paścājjāgaraṇaṃ caret

Translation

Nachdem man die Fünf Varāhas in erhabener Ebergestalt geschaut hat, soll man sie nach der vorgeschriebenen Ordnung verehren und danach eine nächtliche Vigil halten.

Word by Word

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाले कृत्य (having done/after seeing)

• पञ्चवराहान्: five boars
• पञ्चवराहान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च (प्रातिपदिक) + वराह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; द्विगुसमास (five boars)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha/Emphasis (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• क्रोडम्: the boar (Varāha)
• क्रोडम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• उदीर्णरूपिणम्: of expanded/manifest form
• उदीर्णरूपिणम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival to object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उदीर्ण (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + रूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying क्रोडम्)

• पूजयित्वा: having worshipped
• पूजयित्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाले कृत्य (having worshipped)

• विधानेन: by the prescribed rite
• विधानेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of time)

• जागरणम्: night-vigil
• जागरणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जागरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• चरेत्: should perform
• चरेत्: Kriyā (Predicate action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from adhyāya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pañcavarāha-tīrtha (Revā-taṭa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ājamīḍha (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-king and attendants behold five boar-form icons/manifestations (Pañcavarāha), then perform orderly worship; the scene transitions into preparations for an all-night vigil beside the river.

Characters & Entities

• Pañca-Varāha
• Jāgaraṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True pilgrimage is participatory: darśana is followed by regulated worship and disciplined vigil.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Pañca-Varāha sacred site in the Revā (Narmadā) Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform darśana, then pūjā as per vidhi, and then observe jāgaraṇa (night vigil).