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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

धूपदीपादिनैवेद्यैः स्रङ्मालागुरुचन्दनैः । अर्चां कुर्वन्ति ये विष्णोः पठेयुः प्राक्तनीं कथाम्

Transliteration

dhūpadīpādinaivedyaiḥ sraṅmālāgurucandanaiḥ | arcāṃ kurvanti ye viṣṇoḥ paṭheyuḥ prāktanīṃ kathām

Translation

Mereka yang melakukan arcaṇa kepada Viṣṇu dengan dupa, pelita dan naivedya (persembahan makanan), serta kalungan bunga, wangian dan cendana, hendaklah membaca kisah suci purba tentang Tuhan.

Word by Word
धूपincense
धूप:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootधूप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (stem in compound) — Masculine, Nom/Acc, Singular (as compound member)
दीपlamp
दीप:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootदीप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (stem in compound) — Masculine, Nom/Acc, Singular (as compound member)
आदिand so on
आदि:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआदि (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययप्राय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थे ‘etc.’ — Indeclinable, indicating “and the like”
नैवेद्यैःwith food-offerings
नैवेद्यैः:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootनैवेद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन — Neuter, Instrumental (3rd), Plural
स्रक्garland
स्रक्:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootस्रज्/स्रक् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (stem in compound) — Feminine, Nom/Acc, Singular (as compound member)
मालाwreath/garland
माला:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootमाला (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (stem in compound) — Feminine, Nom/Acc, Singular (as compound member)
गुरुaloeswood/fragrant resin
गुरु:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootगुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (अत्र ‘गुग्गुलु/अगुरु’), प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (stem in compound) — Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular (as compound member)
चन्दनैःwith sandalwood
चन्दनैः:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootचन्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन — Neuter, Instrumental (3rd), Plural
अर्चाम्worship
अर्चाम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअर्चा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Feminine, Accusative (2nd), Singular
कुर्वन्तिthey perform
कुर्वन्ति:
Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन — Present indicative, 3rd person, Plural
येthose who
ये:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative (1st), Plural (relative pronoun)
विष्णोःof Viṣṇu
विष्णोः:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootविष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन — Masculine, Genitive (6th), Singular
पठेयुःshould recite
पठेयुः:
Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootपठ् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (सम्भावना/आज्ञार्थ), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन — Optative, 3rd person, Plural
प्राक्तनीम्former/previous
प्राक्तनीम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्राक्तनी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Feminine, Accusative (2nd), Singular
कथाम्story
कथाम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकथा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Feminine, Accusative (2nd), Singular
Speaker

Deductive (Revākhaṇḍa narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (Narmadā tīrtha-mahātmya ambit)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee performs Viṣṇu-arcana: incense smoke curls upward, a steady lamp flame, naivedya on a leaf-plate, garlands and sandal paste offered; beside the shrine a palm-leaf manuscript is read aloud as the ‘prācīna kathā’.

Characters & Entities
V
Viṣṇu

FAQs

Ritual worship is completed by remembrance and narration—pūjā joined with kathā deepens devotion and understanding.

No specific site is named in this verse; it describes a standard Vaiṣṇava worship pattern applicable at tirthas and temples.

Offer dhūpa, dīpa, naivedya, garlands, aguru, and sandal to Viṣṇu, and recite an ancient sacred story.

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