Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

रात्रौ जागरणं कुर्यात्सम्पूज्य च जनार्दनम् । पुनः प्रभातसमये द्वादश्यां नर्मदाजले

Transliteration

rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kuryātsampūjya ca janārdanam | punaḥ prabhātasamaye dvādaśyāṃ narmadājale

Translation

La nuit, qu’on veille en prière après avoir dûment honoré Janārdana; puis, de nouveau, à l’aube du Dvādaśī, (qu’on se rende) dans les eaux de la Narmadā pour le rite suivant.

Word by Word

• रात्रौ: at night
• रात्रौ: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; कालाधिकरण

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

• कुर्यात्: should do/perform
• कुर्यात्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सम्पूज्य: having duly worshipped
• सम्पूज्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु) + सम् (उपसर्ग) + य (ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); उपसर्ग: सम्; पूर्वकर्म

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

• जनार्दनम्: Janārdana (Viṣṇu)
• जनार्दनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म (पूज्य)

• पुनः: again/then
• पुनः: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरावृत्ति-वाचक अव्यय (adverb)

• प्रभातसमये: at dawn-time
• प्रभातसमये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभात (प्रातिपदिक) + समय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/सप्तमी-भाव: प्रभाते समयः); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; कालाधिकरण

• द्वादश्याम्: on Dvādaśī (12th lunar day)
• द्वादश्याम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वादशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; कालाधिकरण

• नर्मदाजले: in the waters of Narmadā
• नर्मदाजले: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर्मदा (प्रातिपदिक) + जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: नर्मदायाः जलम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

Speaker

Unspecified (narratorial voice within Revākhaṇḍa; likely addressing a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Narmadā (Revā)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night on the riverbank: lamps flicker along the ghat; devotees keep vigil singing before an image of Janārdana. At first light, they descend again into the Narmadā for Dvādaśī bathing.

Characters & Entities

• Janārdana
• Narmadā
• Dvādaśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion expressed through vigilance and worship sustains the vrata and deepens remembrance of the Lord.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Narmadā (Revā) river waters connected to Śālagrāma/Janārdana worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Night jāgaraṇa with Janārdana-pūjā, followed by Dvādaśī dawn rite associated with Narmadā water.