Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 132
अनेन विधिना तेन पूजितः प्रथमे शिवः । यामे द्वितीये तु पुनः पूर्वोक्तविधिना चरेत्
anena vidhinā tena pūjitaḥ prathame śivaḥ | yāme dvitīye tu punaḥ pūrvoktavidhinā caret
اس طرح مقررہ طریقے سے رات کے پہلے پہر میں شِو کی پوجا کی گئی۔ پھر دوسرے پہر میں بھی، پہلے بیان کردہ طریقے کے مطابق دوبارہ عمل کرے۔
Narrator (within Revākhaṇḍa; likely Sūta-style narration)
Scene: Inside a lamp-lit shrine, the first watch worship concludes; the second watch begins with renewed offerings, showing the passage of night through changing lamp flames and moon position.
FAQs
Steady, repeated worship across the night-watches cultivates disciplined devotion and deepens Śiva-bhakti.
The Revā (Narmadā) region context of the Revākhaṇḍa frames the rite, though this verse focuses on the yāma-wise procedure.
Perform Śiva-pūjā in the first yāma and repeat the same prescribed method in the second yāma.