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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

ऋचमेकां जपन्विप्रस्तथा पर्वणि यो नृप । अनृचोपोष्य गायत्रीं जपेद्वै वेदमातरम्

Transliteration

ṛcamekāṃ japanviprastathā parvaṇi yo nṛpa | anṛcopoṣya gāyatrīṃ japedvai vedamātaram

Translation

Ô Roi, le brāhmane qui, aux jours sacrés de parvan, récite ne fût-ce qu’un seul ṛc (strophe védique) est comblé de bénédiction. Et celui qui ne peut réciter les ṛcs, après avoir jeûné, doit certes répéter la Gāyatrī, vénérée comme la Mère des Veda.

Word by Word
ऋचम्a ṛk-verse (Vedic hymn-verse)
ऋचम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootऋच् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन (Feminine, Accusative, Singular)
एकाम्one
एकाम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootएक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (Feminine, Accusative, Singular; adjective)
जपन्reciting, muttering
जपन्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootजप् (धातु)
Formवर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग; कर्तरि (Present active participle; Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
विप्रःa brāhmaṇa
विप्रः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
तथाthus, likewise
तथा:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb of manner)
पर्वणिon the (lunar) festival day / parvan
पर्वणि:
Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootपर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन (Neuter, Locative, Singular)
यःwho
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun) (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
नृपO king
नृप:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootनृप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Vocative, Singular)
अनृचःwithout (reciting) a ṛk / not reciting a ṛk
अनृचः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअनृच् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (Masculine, Nominative, Singular; adjective)
उपोष्यhaving fasted
उपोष्य:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootउपवस् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (अव्ययभाव) absolutive; पूर्वक्रिया (gerund) (Absolutive/gerund: 'having fasted')
गायत्रीम्Gāyatrī (mantra)
गायत्रीम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootगायत्री (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Accusative, Singular)
जपेत्should recite
जपेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootजप् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (Optative, 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada)
वैindeed
वै:
Nipata (Particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निश्चयार्थक निपात (indeclinable particle of emphasis)
वेदमातरम्the Mother of the Vedas
वेदमातरम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवेद + मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष समास (वेदस्य माता); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Genitive tatpurusha; Feminine, Accusative, Singular)
Speaker

Śiva (as narrator of tīrtha-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dhautapāpa

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (nṛpa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A brāhmaṇa at a riverbank tīrtha on a parvan day, seated on kuśa grass, performing upavāsa and softly repeating a single ṛc; beside him a disciple holds a water-pot; the river glows with twilight light, suggesting sandhyā and Gāyatrī as Veda-mātā.

Characters & Entities
Ś
Śiva
R
Revā (Narmadā)
D
Dhautapāpa Tīrtha
G
Gāyatrī
V
Vedas

FAQs

Even minimal, sincere mantra practice—especially on sacred days—carries great purificatory power.

The teaching occurs within the Dhautapāpa Tīrtha māhātmya of the Revā Khaṇḍa.

Japa of a single Vedic ṛc on parvan days; alternatively, fasting and Gāyatrī-japa for those unable to recite Vedic hymns.

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