Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 81

Devanagari script

घृतेन बोधयेद्दीपमथवा तैलपूरितम् । रात्रौ जागरणं कृत्वा दैवस्याग्रे विमत्सराः

Transliteration

ghṛtena bodhayeddīpamathavā tailapūritam | rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kṛtvā daivasyāgre vimatsarāḥ

Translation

گھی سے چراغ روشن کرے، یا تیل سے بھرا ہوا دیا؛ اور حسد سے پاک ہو کر دیوتا کے حضور رات بھر جاگَرَن کرے۔

Word by Word

• घृतेन: with ghee
• घृतेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), तृतीया (Instr./3rd), एकवचन (sg.)

• बोधयेत्: should light/awaken
• बोधयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: बुध् (धातु) + णिच् (प्रत्यय)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (sg.); णिजन्त (causative)

• दीपम्: lamp
• दीपम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), द्वितीया (Acc./2nd), एकवचन (sg.)

• अथवा: or
• अथवा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथवा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पबोधक अव्यय (disjunctive particle: or)

• तैलपूरितम्: filled with oil
• तैलपूरितम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तैल (प्रातिपदिक) + पूरित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), द्वितीया (Acc./2nd), एकवचन (sg.); तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः (filled with oil)

• रात्रौ: at night
• रात्रौ: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (sg.)

• जागरणम्: wakefulness/vigil
• जागरणम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जागरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), द्वितीया (Acc./2nd), एकवचन (sg.)

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Pūrvakāla (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त्वा (प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• दैवस्य: of the deity
• दैवस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (sg.)

• अग्रे: in front (of)
• अग्रे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), सप्तमी (Loc./7th), एकवचन (sg.)

• विमत्सराः: free from envy
• विमत्सराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि- (उपसर्ग) + मत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा (Nom./1st), बहुवचन (pl.); नञर्थक-वि (free from)

Speaker

Unspecified (Revākhaṇḍa narrative voice; likely a Purāṇic teacher addressing a listener such as a king or sage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra Vaiṣṇava shrine (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night in the temple courtyard; rows of lamps burn steadily; devotees sit awake in bhajan/recitation before the deity, the sanctum glowing with ghee-light.

Characters & Entities

• Daiva (the Deity)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion expressed through simple, sincere ritual—lighting a lamp and keeping vigil—should be done with a pure mind free from envy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader setting is the Revākhaṇḍa (Narmadā/Revā sacred geography) within the Avantīkhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dīpa-dāna (lighting a ghee/oil lamp) and jāgaraṇa (night-long vigil) before the Deity.