Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 139

Devanagari script

चकार पूजनं शम्भोर्बहुपुण्यप्रसाधकम् । ये जागरे त्रिनेत्रस्य शिवरात्र्यां शिवस्थिताः

Transliteration

cakāra pūjanaṃ śambhorbahupuṇyaprasādhakam | ye jāgare trinetrasya śivarātryāṃ śivasthitāḥ

Translation

Il accomplit l’adoration de Śambhu, pratique qui procure d’abondants mérites. Ceux qui veillent pour le Seigneur aux Trois Yeux, en la nuit de Śivarātri, demeurant en Śiva, l’esprit fixé sur Lui,

Word by Word

• cakāra: did/performed
• cakāra: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ ‘to do’)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• pūjanam: worship
• pūjanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūjana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• śambhoḥ: of Śambhu (Śiva)
• śambhoḥ: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śambhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• bahupuṇyaprasādhakam: bringing about much merit
• bahupuṇyaprasādhakam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahu (प्रातिपदिक) + puṇya (प्रातिपदिक) + prasādhaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः/कर्मधारयप्रायः ‘बहु-पुण्यं प्रसाधयति’ इति; विशेषणम् (पूजनम्)

• ye: those who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक सर्वनाम

• jāgare: in the vigil (wakefulness)
• jāgare: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• trinetrasya: of the three-eyed (Śiva)
• trinetrasya: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri (प्रातिपदिक) + netra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘त्रीणि नेत्राणि यस्य’ (as a name of Śiva)

• śivarātryām: on Śivarātri night
• śivarātryām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + rātri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘शिवस्य रात्रिः’

• śivasthitāḥ: abiding in/ devoted to Śiva
• śivasthitāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + sthita (कृदन्त; √sthā स्था ‘to stand/remain’ + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘शिवे स्थिताः’ (devoted/abiding in Śiva)

Speaker

Narrator (within Revākhaṇḍa; likely Sūta-style narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-khaṇḍa (contextual) / Śivarātri observance (universalized)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king completes an elaborate Śiva pūjā; devotees remain awake through the night, eyes fixed on the liṅga; Śiva is hinted as Trinetra through iconographic cues (third eye motif on a mural/arch), conveying ‘abiding in Śiva’.

Characters & Entities

• Śambhu
• Trinetra (Śiva)
• Śivarātri

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True vigil is inner absorption in Śiva; such devotion multiplies merit and refines the devotee’s consciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is vrata-focused; the Revākhaṇḍa setting is implicit rather than naming a specific tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship Śambhu and keep awake on Śivarātri for the Three-eyed Lord, remaining mentally established in Śiva.