Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 113

Devanagari script

अस्माहके नरो यस्तु स्नात्वा सम्पूजयेद्धरिम् । ब्रह्माणं शङ्करं भक्त्या कुर्याज्जागरणक्रियाम्

Transliteration

asmāhake naro yastu snātvā sampūjayeddharim | brahmāṇaṃ śaṅkaraṃ bhaktyā kuryājjāgaraṇakriyām

Translation

À Asmāhaka, l’homme qui se baigne et adore dûment Hari, et qui, avec dévotion, honore aussi Brahmā et Śaṅkara, doit accomplir le rite de la veille nocturne (jāgaraṇa).

Word by Word

• अस्माहके: in Asmāhaka (place)
• अस्माहके: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्माहक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; स्थानवाचक (in asmāhaka-place/field)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

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

• तु: indeed/and
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle); विशेषार्थे/अन्वर्थे (emphasis/contrast)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial to main action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वक्रिया (having bathed)

• सम्पूजयेत्: should worship fully
• सम्पूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• हरिम्: Hari (Vishnu)
• हरिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ब्रह्माणम्: Brahmā
• ब्रह्माणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्/ब्रह्मा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शङ्करम्: Śaṅkara (Shiva)
• शङ्करम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• कुर्यात्: should perform
• कुर्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• जागरणक्रियाम्: the vigil-rite (act of keeping awake)
• जागरणक्रियाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जागरण (प्रातिपदिक) + क्रिया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (जागरणस्य क्रिया)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Asmāhaka-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājan (King)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at a river-ford of Revā: after bathing, he offers flowers, incense, and lamps to Hari; nearby symbolic icons of Brahmā and Śaṅkara receive reverent salutations; the night-vigil begins with lamps and chanting under a starry sky.

Characters & Entities

• Asmāhaka
• Hari
• Brahmā
• Śaṅkara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is completed by disciplined worship—bath, pūjā, and vigil—uniting devotion across major deities.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Asmāhaka tīrtha (within Revā Khaṇḍa).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna at the tīrtha, pūjā to Hari (and reverence to Brahmā and Śaṅkara), and performing jāgaraṇa (night vigil).