Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 108

Devanagari script

दीपार्थं गृह्यतां स्नेहो यथालाभेन सुन्दरि । कृत्वा दीपं ततस्तौ तु कृत्वा पूजां हरेः शुभाम्

Transliteration

dīpārthaṃ gṛhyatāṃ sneho yathālābhena sundari | kṛtvā dīpaṃ tatastau tu kṛtvā pūjāṃ hareḥ śubhām

Translation

„Für die Lampe nimm Öl oder Ghee, je nachdem, was sich findet, o Schöne.“ Dann bereiteten sie die Lampe und vollzogen zu zweit die glückverheißende Verehrung Haris.

Word by Word

• दीप-अर्थम्: for a lamp (for lighting)
• दीप-अर्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीप (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (प्रयोजन/उद्देश्य), एकवचन; चतुर्थ्यर्थे द्वितीया (for the purpose of)

• गृह्यताम्: let (it) be taken
• गृह्यताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (let it be taken)

• स्नेहः: oil / ghee (lamp-oil)
• स्नेहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन

• यथा-लाभेन: as available
• यथा-लाभेन: Adverbial (Manner/रीति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + लाभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; तृतीया-एकवचन-रूपेण अव्ययवत् (according to availability)

• सुन्दरि: O beautiful one
• सुन्दरि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुन्दरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having made
• कृत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

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

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (then)

• तौ: the two (of them)
• तौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; सर्वनाम

• तु: indeed / and then
• तु: Discourse (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• पूजाम्: worship
• पूजाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• हरेः: of Hari
• हरेः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• शुभाम्: auspicious
• शुभाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (पूजाम्)

Speaker

Śabara (implied from the immediately preceding verse where he begins speaking to his wife)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The wife brings a small vessel of oil/ghee; the husband fashions a simple lamp. Together they light it and worship Hari with folded hands in the lamplight.

Characters & Entities

• Hari
• Śabara
• Śabara’s wife

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion is validated by sincerity, not luxury—one may offer a lamp using whatever is available and still perform auspicious worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The practice is narrated within the Revā Khaṇḍa (Narmadā sacred region) ethos; the verse focuses on dīpa and Hari-pūjā rather than a named tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Prepare a dīpa (lamp) using oil/ghee according to availability and perform auspicious worship of Hari.