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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

होमं जाप्यं तथा दानमक्षयं सर्वमेव तत् । ऋचमेकां तु ऋग्वेदे यजुर्वेदे यजुस्तथा

Transliteration

homaṃ jāpyaṃ tathā dānamakṣayaṃ sarvameva tat | ṛcamekāṃ tu ṛgvede yajurvede yajustathā

Translation

Homa, japa dan sedekah—semuanya menjadi pahala yang tidak binasa. Dari Ṛgveda hendaklah dibaca satu ayat ṛc, dan demikian juga satu formula yajus daripada Yajurveda.

Word by Word
होमम्fire-offering, homa
होमम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootहोम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; accusative singular neuter
जाप्यम्that which is to be muttered; japa
जाप्यम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootजाप्य (प्रातिपदिक; √जप् (धातु) से निष्पन्न)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; accusative singular neuter
तथाand also; likewise
तथा:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
दानम्gift, charity
दानम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; accusative singular neuter
अक्षयम्imperishable, inexhaustible
अक्षयम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअक्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्—‘होमं/जाप्यं/दानम्’ इत्यस्य
सर्वम्all, entire
सर्वम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘तत्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
एवindeed, just
एव:
Sambandha (Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; pronoun accusative singular neuter
ऋचम्a ṛc-verse (Rigvedic stanza)
ऋचम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootऋच् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; accusative singular feminine
एकाम्one (single)
एकाम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootएक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘ऋचम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
तुbut; indeed
तु:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (contrast/limitation)
ऋग्वेदेin the Ṛgveda
ऋग्वेदे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootऋग्वेद (प्रातिपदिक: ऋक् + वेद)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; locative singular masculine
यजुर्वेदेin the Yajurveda
यजुर्वेदे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootयजुर्वेद (प्रातिपदिक: यजुस् + वेद)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; locative singular masculine
यजुःa yajus (Yajurvedic formula)
यजुः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयजुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; nominative singular neuter (as ‘a yajus-formula’)
तथाlikewise; also
तथा:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
Speaker

Skanda (deduced; exact speaker not in snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-priest at a Śaiva shrine performs a small homa before a liṅga, then sits for japa; beside him a donor offers food/coins to a brāhmaṇa, while palm-leaf Veda texts indicate ‘one ṛc’ and ‘one yajus’.

Characters & Entities
Ṛ
Ṛgveda
Y
Yajurveda

FAQs

When performed in the sanctified setting, ritual acts like homa, japa, and dāna yield akṣaya (imperishable) merit.

The Revā-tīrtha setting being praised throughout Revākhaṇḍa, Āvantya Khaṇḍa.

Perform homa, japa, dāna, and recite one Ṛgvedic ṛc and one Yajurvedic yajus.

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