Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

दिनजाप्याच्च लभते फलं कृच्छ्रस्य शक्तितः । तत्र विख्यातदेवेशं स्नात्वा दृष्ट्वाभिपूज्य च

Transliteration

dinajāpyācca labhate phalaṃ kṛcchrasya śaktitaḥ | tatra vikhyātadeveśaṃ snātvā dṛṣṭvābhipūjya ca

Translation

แม้การสวดมนต์ภาวนา (ชปะ) ในเวลากลางวัน ก็ย่อมได้ผลแห่งพรต “กฤจฉระ” ตามกำลังตน ที่นั่น เมื่ออาบน้ำชำระแล้ว ได้เฝ้าดูพระเป็นเจ้าแห่งเทวะผู้เลื่องชื่อ และบูชาด้วยพิธีอันควร…

Word by Word

• dina: day (daily)
• dina: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, nominative/accusative singular); समासपूर्वपद (पूर्वपद-रूप)

• jāpyāt: from (the act of) muttering/recitation
• jāpyāt: Apadana (Source/अपा‍दान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāpya (प्रातिपदिक; जप्-धातोः भाव/कर्मणि-व्युत्पन्न)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (अपादान), एकवचन (neuter, ablative singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction/particle)

• labhate: obtains
• labhate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √labh (लभ् धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (present indicative, 3rd person singular, middle)

• phalam: fruit/result
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, accusative singular)

• kṛcchrasya: of the Kṛcchra (penance)
• kṛcchrasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛcchra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन (genitive singular)

• śaktitaḥ: according to (one's) ability
• śaktitaḥ: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (हेतु/कारणार्थे), एकवचन; तसिल्-प्रत्ययार्थक अव्ययीभाव-प्राय (ablative in sense 'by/according to power')

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• vikhyāta-deva-īśam: the renowned Lord of the gods
• vikhyāta-deva-īśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vikhyāta (कृदन्त; √khyā + vi, क्त) + deva (प्रातिपदिक) + īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (deva-īśa = 'lord of gods') + विशेषणपूर्वपद (vikhyāta); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (masculine, accusative singular)

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √snā (स्ना धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वक्रिया (having bathed)

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (दृश् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वक्रिया (having seen)

• abhipūjya: having duly worshipped
• abhipūjya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhi + √pūj (पूज् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), उपसर्गपूर्वक (having worshipped)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction/particle)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha (contextual)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha (addressed in the surrounding passage)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at the Revā river performs snāna, then approaches a famed shrine of the ‘Lord of gods’ with folded hands, offering flowers and lamps; the riverbank is alive with ascetics quietly counting japa beads in daylight.

Characters & Entities

• Japa
• Snāna
• Deveśa (Lord of the gods)
• Kṛcchra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Accessible practices—japa, bathing, darśana, and worship—can yield great merit when performed sincerely and within one’s capacity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A specific named site is not provided in this verse; it refers to the tīrtha under discussion in the Revā Khaṇḍa flow.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Daytime japa, followed by snāna (sacred bath), deity-darśana, and proper pūjā.