Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

संतर्प्य पितृदेवांश्च श्राद्धं कृत्वा यथाविधि । रात्रौ जागरणं कुर्यात्सम्पूज्य लोटणेश्वरम्

Transliteration

saṃtarpya pitṛdevāṃśca śrāddhaṃ kṛtvā yathāvidhi | rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kuryātsampūjya loṭaṇeśvaram

Translation

祖霊と神々を供養して満たし、規定どおりシュラッダ（śrāddha）を行ったのち、ロ―タネーシュヴァラ（Loṭaṇeśvara）を丁重に礼拝しつつ、夜は जागरण（ジャーガラナ：徹夜の覚醒）をなせ。

Word by Word

• संतर्प्य: having satisfied (with offerings)
• संतर्प्य: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-तृप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive); तर्पणं कृत्वा (having satisfied/offered)

• पितृदेवान्: the Pitṛs and the Devas
• पितृदेवान्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ-देव (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (पितरश्च देवाश्च)

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

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• कृत्वा: having performed
• कृत्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• यथा: according as
• यथा: Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (as/according to)

• विधि: rule/prescription
• विधि: Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; 'यथा' इत्यनेन सह अव्ययीभावार्थे (yathā-vidhi = according to rule)

• रात्रौ: at night
• रात्रौ: Adhikarana (Time/काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• जागरणम्: vigil (staying awake)
• जागरणम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जागरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• कुर्यात्: should do
• कुर्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपदम्

• सम्पूज्य: having duly worshipped
• सम्पूज्य: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• लोटणेश्वरम्: Lord Loṭaṇeśvara
• लोटणेश्वरम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोटण-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (लोटणस्य ईश्वरः)

Speaker

Śiva (Śaṅkara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Loṭaṇeśvara (with Revā/Narmadā adjunct rites)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (nṛpa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Evening at the riverside: offerings to ancestors at the water’s edge; then inside the shrine courtyard, devotees keep an all-night vigil with lamps, incense, and continuous worship of the Loṭaṇeśvara liṅga.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs (ancestors)
• Devas
• Śrāddha
• Loṭaṇeśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True tīrtha-dharma integrates devotion to Śiva with duties to ancestors and gods through śrāddha and disciplined vigil.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Loṭaṇeśvara—Śiva’s sacred presence in the Revā Khaṇḍa pilgrimage landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tarpana to pitṛs and devas, performance of śrāddha, and night-long jāgaraṇa after worshipping Loṭaṇeśvara.