Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

दृष्ट्वा पञ्चवराहान्वै क्रोडमुदीर्णरूपिणम् । पूजयित्वा विधानेन पश्चाज्जागरणं चरेत्

Transliteration

dṛṣṭvā pañcavarāhānvai kroḍamudīrṇarūpiṇam | pūjayitvā vidhānena paścājjāgaraṇaṃ caret

Translation

Après avoir contemplé les Cinq Varāha, à la forme de sanglier sublime, qu’on les vénère selon le rite prescrit, puis qu’on observe une veille durant toute la nuit.

Word by Word

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाले कृत्य (having done/after seeing)

• पञ्चवराहान्: five boars
• पञ्चवराहान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च (प्रातिपदिक) + वराह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; द्विगुसमास (five boars)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha/Emphasis (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• क्रोडम्: the boar (Varāha)
• क्रोडम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• उदीर्णरूपिणम्: of expanded/manifest form
• उदीर्णरूपिणम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival to object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उदीर्ण (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + रूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying क्रोडम्)

• पूजयित्वा: having worshipped
• पूजयित्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाले कृत्य (having worshipped)

• विधानेन: by the prescribed rite
• विधानेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of time)

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

• चरेत्: should perform
• चरेत्: Kriyā (Predicate action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from adhyāya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pañcavarāha-tīrtha (Revā-taṭa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ājamīḍha (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-king and attendants behold five boar-form icons/manifestations (Pañcavarāha), then perform orderly worship; the scene transitions into preparations for an all-night vigil beside the river.

Characters & Entities

• Pañca-Varāha
• Jāgaraṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True pilgrimage is participatory: darśana is followed by regulated worship and disciplined vigil.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Pañca-Varāha sacred site in the Revā (Narmadā) Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform darśana, then pūjā as per vidhi, and then observe jāgaraṇa (night vigil).