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

അവൻ ശംഭുവിന് വളരെ പുണ്യപ്രദമായ പൂജ നടത്തി. ശിവരാത്രിയിൽ ത്രിനേത്രനായി ജാഗരണം ചെയ്ത് ശിവനിൽ സ്ഥിരമായിരിക്കുന്നവർ,

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.