Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

द्वादश्यां प्रातरुत्थाय तथा वै नर्मदाजले । विप्रदाम्पत्यमभ्यर्च्य विधिवत्कुरुनन्दन

Transliteration

dvādaśyāṃ prātarutthāya tathā vai narmadājale | vipradāmpatyamabhyarcya vidhivatkurunandana

Translation

ในวันทวาทศี เมื่อตื่นแต่เช้าและอาบน้ำในสายน้ำนรมทา โอ้ ผู้เป็นความปีติแห่งวงศ์กุรุ พึงบูชาคู่พราหมณ์ตามพิธีอันถูกต้อง

Word by Word

• द्वादश्याम्: on (the day of) Dvādaśī
• द्वादश्याम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वादशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रातर्: in the morning
• प्रातर्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातर् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• उत्थाय: having risen
• उत्थाय: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद् + स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• तथा: thus/likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपातार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (निपात)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• नर्मदाजले: in the waters of the Narmadā
• नर्मदाजले: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर्मदा + जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• विप्रदाम्पत्यम्: the brāhmaṇa couple
• विप्रदाम्पत्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र + दाम्पत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• अभ्यर्च्य: having worshipped
• अभ्यर्च्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive; -य form), पूर्वक्रिया

• विधिवत्: according to proper rite
• विधिवत्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत् (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (according to rule)

• कुरुनन्दन: O joy of the Kurus
• कुरुनन्दन: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु + नन्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced: Āvantya Khaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dvādaśī dawn: pale light over Narmadā; devotee emerges from bath, then offers respectful pādya/arghya to a seated brāhmaṇa couple under a canopy; ritual vessels arranged neatly.

Characters & Entities

• Narmadā
• Dvādaśī
• Brāhmaṇa couple (vipra-dāmpatya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Vrata becomes complete through purity (early rising and sacred bathing) and dharmic honouring of worthy recipients (a brāhmaṇa couple).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The sanctifying waters of the Narmadā in the Revā Khaṇḍa (Narmadā Māhātmya).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dvādaśī morning observance: rise early, bathe in Narmadā, and worship/ सम्मान (honour) a brāhmaṇa couple in due form.