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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 74

आश्विनस्यासिते पक्षे त्रिपुरारिस्तु वै तिथौ । स्नाप्य त्रिशूलिनं भक्त्या रात्रौ त्वं कुरु जागरम्

āśvinasyāsite pakṣe tripurāristu vai tithau | snāpya triśūlinaṃ bhaktyā rātrau tvaṃ kuru jāgaram

ในปักษ์มืดแห่งเดือนอาศวิน ณ ติถีอันศักดิ์สิทธิ์แด่ตรีปุราริ จงสรงน้ำแด่พระผู้ทรงตรีศูลด้วยภักติ และจงทำชาครันเฝ้าตื่นตลอดราตรี

आश्विनस्यof (the month) Āśvina
आश्विनस्य:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootआश्विन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध/Genitive), एकवचन
असितेin the dark (black)
असिते:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअसित (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (पक्षे इति)
पक्षेfortnight
पक्षे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootपक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन
त्रिपुरारिःTripurāri (Śiva, enemy of Tripura)
त्रिपुरारिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootत्रिपुर (प्रातिपदिक) + अरि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (त्रिपुरस्य अरिः)
तुindeed/and
तु:
Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle), विरोध/अनुक्रमार्थक
वैcertainly
वै:
Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (emphatic particle)
तिथौon the lunar day
तिथौ:
Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootतिथि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन
स्नाप्यhaving bathed (having caused to be bathed)
स्नाप्य:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्ना (धातु) (णिच् causative: स्नापयति)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Absolutive/Gerund); causative sense
त्रिशूलिनम्the Trident-bearer (Śiva)
त्रिशूलिनम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootत्रिशूलिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन
भक्त्याwith devotion
भक्त्या:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootभक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/Instrumental), एकवचन
रात्रौat night
रात्रौ:
Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootरात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
कुरुdo/perform
कुरु:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
जागरम्a vigil (wakefulness)
जागरम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootजागर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

Kanyā (the maiden)

Tirtha: Revā tīrtha (contextual)

Type: ghat

Listener: the instructed practitioner (addressed as 'tvam')

Scene: At a riverside Śiva shrine, devotees bathe the trident-bearing Lord with water and offerings; lamps burn through the night as worshippers keep vigil in Āśvina’s dark fortnight.

Ā
Āśvina
T
Tripurāri (Śiva)
T
Triśūlin (Śiva)

FAQs

Devotional discipline—especially vigil and worship—channels tīrtha merit into inner purification and Śiva-bhakti.

Within Revā Khaṇḍa’s Narmadā tīrtha context; the rite is framed as part of that sacred geography.

In Āśvina’s dark fortnight on Tripurāri’s tithi: ritually bathe Śiva (Triśūlin) with devotion and observe a night-long vigil (jāgaraṇa).