Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 125

Devanagari script

लक्षवारं जपेद्देवं गन्धमाल्यैश्च पूजयेत् । रात्रौ स्वप्ने तदा पश्येद्विमानस्थं ततः क्षिपेत्

Transliteration

lakṣavāraṃ japeddevaṃ gandhamālyaiśca pūjayet | rātrau svapne tadā paśyedvimānasthaṃ tataḥ kṣipet

Translation

അവൻ ദേവനെ ലക്ഷവാരം ജപിക്കുകയും സുഗന്ധവും മാല്യങ്ങളും കൊണ്ടു പൂജിക്കുകയും വേണം. പിന്നെ രാത്രിയിൽ സ്വപ്നത്തിൽ അവനെ വിമാനം അധിഷ്ഠിതനായി കാണും; അതിനുശേഷം അവൻ സ്വയം നിക്ഷേപിക്കണം (പതനം ചെയ്യണം).

Word by Word

• लक्षवारम्: a hundred-thousand times
• लक्षवारम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: लक्ष + वार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमासः; क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverbial: 'a lakh times')

• जपेत्: should recite
• जपेत्: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; सकर्मकः

• देवम्: the deity
• देवम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• गन्धमाल्यैः: with perfumes and garlands
• गन्धमाल्यैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्ध + माल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (गन्धाश्च माल्यानि च); नपुंसकलिङ्गः, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करण), बहुवचनम्

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः (conjunction: 'and')

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; सकर्मकः

• रात्रौ: at night
• रात्रौ: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (अधिकरण), एकवचनम्

• स्वप्ने: in a dream
• स्वप्ने: Kāla/avasthā-adhikaraṇa (State locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वप्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (अधिकरण), एकवचनम्

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; कालवाचक-अव्ययम् (temporal adverb: 'then')

• पश्येत्: should see
• पश्येत्: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; सकर्मकः

• विमानस्थम्: standing in a celestial car
• विमानस्थम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमान + स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषः (विमाने स्थितः); पुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (देवम्)

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Sequential)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; क्रम/अपादानार्थक-अव्ययम् (then/from that)

• क्षिपेत्: should cast/throw (oneself)
• क्षिपेत्: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; सकर्मकः

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (Śiva-upāsanā-sthāna)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee completes lakṣa-japa, offers perfumes and garlands to Śiva, then sleeps; in the dream, Śiva appears enthroned in a radiant vimāna above, granting a sign of fulfillment.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (as Deva/Īśa)
• Vimāna (celestial chariot)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Properly performed sādhana yields inner confirmation (a dream-sign), after which the final act is undertaken with faith.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The rite belongs to the Revā Khaṇḍa’s tīrtha setting; the adhyāya later praises Jvāleśvara and its river Jvālā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

One lakh japa, worship with perfumes and garlands, and proceeding to patana after the dream-vision sign.