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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

ऋचमेकां जपन्विप्रस्तथा पर्वणि यो नृप । अनृचोपोष्य गायत्रीं जपेद्वै वेदमातरम्

Transliteration

ṛcamekāṃ japanviprastathā parvaṇi yo nṛpa | anṛcopoṣya gāyatrīṃ japedvai vedamātaram

Translation

Ó Rei, o brāhmana que, nos dias sagrados de parvan, recita ainda que um único ṛc (estrofe védica) é abençoado. E aquele que não pode recitar ṛcs, tendo observado o jejum, deve de fato repetir a Gāyatrī, venerada como a Mãe dos Vedas.

Word by Word
ऋचम्a ṛk-verse (Vedic hymn-verse)
ऋचम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootऋच् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन (Feminine, Accusative, Singular)
एकाम्one
एकाम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootएक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (Feminine, Accusative, Singular; adjective)
जपन्reciting, muttering
जपन्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootजप् (धातु)
Formवर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग; कर्तरि (Present active participle; Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
विप्रःa brāhmaṇa
विप्रः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
तथाthus, likewise
तथा:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb of manner)
पर्वणिon the (lunar) festival day / parvan
पर्वणि:
Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootपर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन (Neuter, Locative, Singular)
यःwho
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun) (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
नृपO king
नृप:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootनृप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Vocative, Singular)
अनृचःwithout (reciting) a ṛk / not reciting a ṛk
अनृचः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअनृच् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (Masculine, Nominative, Singular; adjective)
उपोष्यhaving fasted
उपोष्य:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootउपवस् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (अव्ययभाव) absolutive; पूर्वक्रिया (gerund) (Absolutive/gerund: 'having fasted')
गायत्रीम्Gāyatrī (mantra)
गायत्रीम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootगायत्री (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Accusative, Singular)
जपेत्should recite
जपेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootजप् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (Optative, 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada)
वैindeed
वै:
Nipata (Particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निश्चयार्थक निपात (indeclinable particle of emphasis)
वेदमातरम्the Mother of the Vedas
वेदमातरम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवेद + मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष समास (वेदस्य माता); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Genitive tatpurusha; Feminine, Accusative, Singular)
Speaker

Śiva (as narrator of tīrtha-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dhautapāpa

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (nṛpa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A brāhmaṇa at a riverbank tīrtha on a parvan day, seated on kuśa grass, performing upavāsa and softly repeating a single ṛc; beside him a disciple holds a water-pot; the river glows with twilight light, suggesting sandhyā and Gāyatrī as Veda-mātā.

Characters & Entities
Ś
Śiva
R
Revā (Narmadā)
D
Dhautapāpa Tīrtha
G
Gāyatrī
V
Vedas

FAQs

Even minimal, sincere mantra practice—especially on sacred days—carries great purificatory power.

The teaching occurs within the Dhautapāpa Tīrtha māhātmya of the Revā Khaṇḍa.

Japa of a single Vedic ṛc on parvan days; alternatively, fasting and Gāyatrī-japa for those unable to recite Vedic hymns.

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