Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

आज्येन सुप्रभूतेन होमद्रव्येण भारत । ये यजन्ति सदा भक्त्या त्रिकालं नृत्यमेव च

Transliteration

ājyena suprabhūtena homadravyeṇa bhārata | ye yajanti sadā bhaktyā trikālaṃ nṛtyameva ca

Translation

Ô Bhārata, ceux qui adorent toujours avec dévotion—avec du ghee en abondance et les offrandes convenables pour le homa—et qui accomplissent le culte aux trois temps du jour, avec la danse sacrée,

Word by Word

• आज्येन: with ghee
• आज्येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन — Instrumental singular (by/with ghee)

• सुप्रभूतेन: well-abundant, plentiful
• सुप्रभूतेन: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु- + प्रभूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Instrumental singular; विशेषण (qualifying आज्येन)

• होमद्रव्येण: with the sacrificial offering-material
• होमद्रव्येण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: होम + द्रव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Instrumental singular (with oblation-material)

• भारत: O Bhārata
• भारत: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Vocative singular (address)

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Relative pronoun, nominative plural

• यजन्ति: worship, perform sacrifice
• यजन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन — Present indicative, 3rd person plural

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

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

• त्रिकालम्: at the three times (morning/noon/evening)
• त्रिकालम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial accusative/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि + काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Accusative singular used adverbially (at the three times)

• नृत्यम्: dance
• नृत्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Accusative singular (object)

• एव: indeed, only
• एव: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — निश्चयार्थक/अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

Speaker

Rudra (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nārada-tīrtha (contextual, developed in following verses)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On the Revā’s calm northern bank, a devotee performs a ghee-fed homa at dawn, noon, and dusk; nearby, sacred dance is offered as worship, with Agni rising bright from the kuṇḍa and devas subtly witnessing.

Characters & Entities

• Bhārata (address to listener)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady, time-disciplined devotion—supported by homa and sacred arts—forms an ideal pattern of tīrtha-centered dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The wider context is the Revā Khaṇḍa’s praise of the Nārada/Nāradeśvara tīrtha region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Homa using abundant ghee and proper offerings, and trikāla (three-times-daily) worship, with devotional dance.