Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 108

Devanagari script

दीपार्थं गृह्यतां स्नेहो यथालाभेन सुन्दरि । कृत्वा दीपं ततस्तौ तु कृत्वा पूजां हरेः शुभाम्

Transliteration

dīpārthaṃ gṛhyatāṃ sneho yathālābhena sundari | kṛtvā dīpaṃ tatastau tu kṛtvā pūjāṃ hareḥ śubhām

Translation

“چراغ کے لیے، اے حسین! جو میسر ہو اسی کے مطابق تیل یا گھی لے آؤ۔” پھر چراغ تیار کرکے اُن دونوں نے ہری کی مبارک پوجا کی۔

Word by Word

• दीप-अर्थम्: for a lamp (for lighting)
• दीप-अर्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीप (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (प्रयोजन/उद्देश्य), एकवचन; चतुर्थ्यर्थे द्वितीया (for the purpose of)

• गृह्यताम्: let (it) be taken
• गृह्यताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (let it be taken)

• स्नेहः: oil / ghee (lamp-oil)
• स्नेहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन

• यथा-लाभेन: as available
• यथा-लाभेन: Adverbial (Manner/रीति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + लाभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; तृतीया-एकवचन-रूपेण अव्ययवत् (according to availability)

• सुन्दरि: O beautiful one
• सुन्दरि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुन्दरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having made
• कृत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• दीपम्: a lamp
• दीपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (then)

• तौ: the two (of them)
• तौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; सर्वनाम

• तु: indeed / and then
• तु: Discourse (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• पूजाम्: worship
• पूजाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• हरेः: of Hari
• हरेः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• शुभाम्: auspicious
• शुभाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (पूजाम्)

Speaker

Śabara (implied from the immediately preceding verse where he begins speaking to his wife)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The wife brings a small vessel of oil/ghee; the husband fashions a simple lamp. Together they light it and worship Hari with folded hands in the lamplight.

Characters & Entities

• Hari
• Śabara
• Śabara’s wife

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion is validated by sincerity, not luxury—one may offer a lamp using whatever is available and still perform auspicious worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The practice is narrated within the Revā Khaṇḍa (Narmadā sacred region) ethos; the verse focuses on dīpa and Hari-pūjā rather than a named tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Prepare a dīpa (lamp) using oil/ghee according to availability and perform auspicious worship of Hari.