Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

दीपं भक्त्या प्रदातव्यं नृत्यं गीतं च कारयेत् । अवाप्तं तेन वै सर्वं यः करोतीश्वरालये

Transliteration

dīpaṃ bhaktyā pradātavyaṃ nṛtyaṃ gītaṃ ca kārayet | avāptaṃ tena vai sarvaṃ yaḥ karotīśvarālaye

Translation

Man soll in Hingabe eine Lampe darbringen und auch Gesang und Tanz veranstalten. Wahrlich, wer dies im Tempel des Herrn tut, erlangt alle gewünschten Vollkommenheiten.

Word by Word

• दीपम्: a lamp
• दीपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• प्रदातव्यम्: should be offered
• प्रदातव्यम्: Vidhi (Obligation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-दा (धातु) + तव्यत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive/obligatory), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (to be given)

• नृत्यम्: dance
• नृत्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• गीतम्: song
• गीतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गीत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• कारयेत्: should have (them) performed
• कारयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) (णिच् causative)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्: 'cause to do/arrange'

• अवाप्तम्: obtained
• अवाप्तम्: Karma (Result/Phala)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव-आप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'सर्वम्' विशेषण/विधेय

• तेन: by that
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुं, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-रूप

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/Result)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun)

• करोति: does
• करोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ईश्वरालये: in the Lord's temple
• ईश्वरालये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर + आलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: 'ईश्वरस्य आलयः'

Speaker

Rudra (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Inside a Śiva temple: devotees offering rows of oil lamps; musicians with vīṇā/mṛdaṅga; dancers performing in devotion before the sanctum; the deity’s presence felt as radiant calm.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional worship expressed through light-offering and sacred arts (song and dance) becomes a complete means for attaining auspicious results.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse speaks generally of worship in an Īśvara temple within the Revā Khaṇḍa context, leading into the Nārada/Nāradeśvara tīrtha narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dīpa-dāna (offering a lamp) with bhakti, and arranging gīta (singing) and nṛtya (dance) as devotional service in the temple.