Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 138

Devanagari script

अनेन विधिना राजा यामिनीयामपूजनम् । अतिवाह्य विनोदेन ब्रह्मघोषेण जागरम्

Transliteration

anena vidhinā rājā yāminīyāmapūjanam | ativāhya vinodena brahmaghoṣeṇa jāgaram

Translation

या विधीने राजाने रात्रीच्या प्रत्येक प्रहरात पूजन केले. भक्तिरसाच्या विनोदाने व ब्रह्मघोषाने जागरण केले.

Word by Word

• anena: by this
• anena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• vidhinā: by the method/rite
• vidhinā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• rājā: the king
• rājā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• yāminīyāmapūjanam: worship during the watches of the night
• yāminīyāmapūjanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yāminī (प्रातिपदिक) + yāma (प्रातिपदिक) + pūjana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘यामिन्याः यामस्य पूजनम्’ (night-watch worship)

• ativāhya: having spent/passed
• ativāhya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ati+√vah (वह् ‘to carry/lead/pass’)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वा-समकक्ष अव्यय (gerund) ‘अतिवाह्य’ = ‘having passed/spent’

• vinodena: with amusement/diversion
• vinodena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vinoda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• brahmaghoṣeṇa: with sacred chanting
• brahmaghoṣeṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक) + ghoṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘ब्रह्मणः घोषः’ (Vedic chanting/sacred recitation)

• jāgaram: wakefulness/vigil
• jāgaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (within Revākhaṇḍa; likely Sūta-style narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-khaṇḍa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sequence-like tableau of the four night watches: devotees seated in rows chanting Veda; lamps burning steadily; the king participates, alert yet serene; the sense is of time passing with sacred sound rather than fatigue.

Characters & Entities

• rājā (king)
• brahmaghoṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Keeping vigil with sacred sound and devotion sanctifies time itself and strengthens the vrata’s transformative power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā/Narmadā domain is the broader sacred geography, though the verse highlights the practice of jāgaraṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform yāma-wise pūjā and observe jāgaraṇa, accompanied by brahmaghoṣa (sacred chanting).