Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

एवं सायंतनीं पूजां कृत्वा विप्रानुमोदितः । भुंजीत वाग्यतो रात्रौ हविष्यं क्षीरभावितम्

Transliteration

evaṃ sāyaṃtanīṃ pūjāṃ kṛtvā viprānumoditaḥ | bhuṃjīta vāgyato rātrau haviṣyaṃ kṣīrabhāvitam

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ സായാഹ്നപൂജ ചെയ്തു ബ്രാഹ്മണരുടെ അനുമോദനം നേടി, രാത്രിയിൽ വാക്ക് നിയന്ത്രിച്ച് പാലിൽ തയ്യാറാക്കിയ ഹവിഷ്യാഹാരം ഭുജിക്കണം।

Word by Word

• एवं: thus
• एवं: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — adverb “thus/in this manner”

• सायंतनीम्: evening (pertaining to evening)
• सायंतनीम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सायंतनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — qualifying ‘पूजाम्’

• पूजाम्: worship
• पूजाम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — accusative singular

• कृत्वा: having performed
• कृत्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial to main action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययकृदन्त) — absolutive/gerund “having done”

• विप्र-अनुमोदितः: approved by Brahmins
• विप्र-अनुमोदितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विप्र + अनु-√मुद् (धातु) (कृदन्त: अनुमोदित)
• Form: समास: तृतीया-तत्पुरुष (“विप्रेण अनुमोदितः”); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन — “approved/commended by Brahmins”

• भुञ्जीत: should eat
• भुञ्जीत: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भुज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — “should eat/partake”

• वाक्-यतः: restrained in speech
• वाक्-यतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाक् + यत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (“वाचा यतः” = speech-restrained); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — qualifying implied subject

• रात्रौ: at night
• रात्रौ: Adhikarana (Location/Time locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन — locative singular

• हविष्यम्: havis (ritual food offering)
• हविष्यम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — accusative singular

• क्षीर-भावितम्: prepared with milk
• क्षीर-भावितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षीर + भावित (√भू/√भाव्, क्त कृदन्त)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (“क्षीरेण भावितम्” = prepared/soaked with milk); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — qualifying ‘हविष्यम्’

Speaker

Unknown (contextual narrator/instructor within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At twilight, a devotee completes evening pūjā; Brahmins nod approval; later the devotee eats a small bowl of milk-prepared haviṣya in silence by lamplight.

Characters & Entities

• Vipra (Brahmins)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A vrata is sustained by inner restraint (silence) and outer purity (regulated food), guided by the counsel of the learned.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified in this verse; it prescribes vrata-discipline.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform evening worship, seek Brahmin assent, then eat at night silently, taking milk-prepared haviṣya.