Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

अहोरात्रोषितो भूत्वा जपेद्रुद्रांश्च वैदिकान् । एकादशैकसंज्ञांश्च स याति परमां गतिम्

Transliteration

ahorātroṣito bhūtvā japedrudrāṃśca vaidikān | ekādaśaikasaṃjñāṃśca sa yāti paramāṃ gatim

Translation

ಒಂದು ಅಹೋರಾತ್ರ ಅಲ್ಲಿ ವಾಸಿಸಿ, ‘ಏಕಾದಶ’ ಎಂದು ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧವಾದ ವೈದಿಕ ರುದ್ರಮಂತ್ರಗಳನ್ನು ಜಪಿಸಬೇಕು; ಹೀಗೆ ಮಾಡಿದವನು ಪರಮಗತಿಯನ್ನು ಪಡೆಯುತ್ತಾನೆ.

Word by Word

• अहोरात्रोषितः: having stayed day and night
• अहोरात्रोषितः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अहोरात्र (प्रातिपदिक; द्वन्द्व) + उषित (वस्-धातोः क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — 'having stayed for a day and night' (अहोरात्रे उषितः)

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive) — 'having become/after being'

• जपेत्: should recite
• जपेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद — 'should recite/mutter'

• रुद्रान्: Rudras
• रुद्रान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन — 'Rudras (Rudra-hymns/manifestations)'

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

• वैदिकान्: Vedic
• वैदिकान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैदिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन — 'Vedic' (रुद्रान् विशेषण)

• एकादशैकसंज्ञान्: bearing the ‘eleven’ designation
• एकादशैकसंज्ञान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकादश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + एक (प्रातिपदिक) + संज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन — 'having the designation “ekādaśa-eka”/the eleven (named as one set)' (रुद्रान् विशेषण)

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

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — 'he'

• याति: attains
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद — 'goes/attains'

• परमाम्: supreme
• परमाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — 'supreme' (गतिम् विशेषण)

• गतिम्: state/goal
• गतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — 'state/goal'

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, Revā Khaṇḍa māhātmya passage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Eraṇḍī-saṅgama

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee sits on the riverbank through day and night, counting rudrākṣa beads, reciting Vedic Rudra; eleven radiant Rudra forms appear subtly in the sky/inner vision; dawn light over the confluence.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Vedic Rudra hymns
• Ekādaśa Rudras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is completed by disciplined practice—residence, mantra-japa, and Vedic devotion to Rudra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Eraṇḍī–Revā region described in the Revā Khaṇḍa (implied by the surrounding verses).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ahorātra-vāsa (staying a day and night) and japa of Vedic Rudra hymns, especially the set associated with the ‘Eleven’ (ekādaśa).