Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

रात्रौ जागरणं कुर्याद्दीपं देवस्य बोधयेत् । घृतेन चैव राजेन्द्र शृणु तत्रास्ति यत्फलम्

Transliteration

rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kuryāddīpaṃ devasya bodhayet | ghṛtena caiva rājendra śṛṇu tatrāsti yatphalam

Translation

رات کو جاگَرَن کرے اور چراغ کے ذریعے دیوتا کو بیدار کرے؛ اور گھی کے ساتھ بھی، اے راجندر—سنو، وہاں اس کا جو پھل ہے۔

Word by Word

• rātrau: at night
• rātrau: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rātri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• jāgaraṇam: vigil, staying awake
• jāgaraṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāgaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• kuryāt: should do
• kuryāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• dīpam: lamp
• dīpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• devasya: of the deity
• devasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• bodhayet: should awaken (cause to be aware)
• bodhayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √budh (धातु) + ṇic (causative)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; णिजन्त (causative)

• ghṛtena: with ghee
• ghṛtena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ghṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

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

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphatic particle)

• rājendra: O king of kings
• rājendra: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक) + indra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (राज्ञां इन्द्रः)

• śṛṇu: hear
• śṛṇu: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

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

• asti: is
• asti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• yat: which
• yat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम (relative)

• phalam: fruit/result
• phalam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator addressing the King

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Yama-hāseśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājendra (best of kings)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night at the river-temple: devotees keep vigil, rows of ghee lamps flicker before the Śiva-linga; a priest ‘awakens’ the deity with lamp-circling (ārati), while the river murmurs nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Dīpa
• Ghṛta
• Jāgaraṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional discipline—vigil and lamp-offering—intensifies merit and keeps consciousness aligned with the divine.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within the Revā-kṣetra/Yama-hāseśvara context, though the verse highlights a general vrata rite.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Night-long jāgaraṇa and offering/lighting a ghee lamp (ghṛta-dīpa), with deva-bodhana in worship.