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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

आरार्तिकेन संपूज्य दण्डवत्प्रणिपत्य च । घृतेन दीपकं दत्त्वा रात्रौ जागरणं तथा । कुर्य्याच्च गीतवादित्रैस्तथा पुस्तकवाचकैः

Transliteration

ārārtikena saṃpūjya daṇḍavatpraṇipatya ca | ghṛtena dīpakaṃ dattvā rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ tathā | kuryyācca gītavāditraistathā pustakavācakaiḥ

Translation

以阿罗提（ārati）圆满供奉，并作五体投地之礼（daṇḍavat）后，当献上酥油灯，并于夜间守夜不眠；且以赞歌与乐器相伴，并诵读圣典之文。

Word by Word
आरार्तिकेनwith the ārārtika (lamp-waving rite)
आरार्तिकेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootआरार्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; Instrumental singular (by/with ārārtika)
संपूज्यhaving duly worshipped
संपूज्य:
Kriya (Gerundial prior action/पूर्वकर्म)
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + पूज् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (अव्ययकृदन्त), पूर्वकाल; Absolutive/gerund: ‘having worshipped’
दण्डवत्fully prostrate (like a staff)
दण्डवत्:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootदण्डवत् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial) ‘like a staff/fully prostrate’
प्रणिपत्यhaving bowed down
प्रणिपत्य:
Kriya (Gerundial prior action/पूर्वकर्म)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + नि + पत् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (अव्ययकृदन्त), पूर्वकाल; Absolutive: ‘having bowed down’
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
घृतेनwith ghee
घृतेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootघृत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental singular
दीपकम्a lamp
दीपकम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदीपक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular
दत्त्वाhaving offered
दत्त्वा:
Kriya (Gerundial prior action/पूर्वकर्म)
TypeVerb
Rootदा (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (अव्ययकृदन्त), पूर्वकाल; Absolutive: ‘having given/offered’
रात्रौat night
रात्रौ:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootरात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular
जागरणम्a vigil (night-wake)
जागरणम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootजागरण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular
तथाlikewise/also
तथा:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
कुर्यात्should perform
कुर्यात्:
Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; 3rd person singular optative ‘should do’
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
गीतवादित्रैःwith musical instruments (for songs)
गीतवादित्रैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootगीत + वादित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural; समासः—षष्ठी/उपपद-तत्पुरुष (गीतस्य वादित्रम्)
तथाlikewise
तथा:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
पुस्तकवाचकैःwith reciters/readers of books
पुस्तकवाचकैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootपुस्तक + वाचक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पुस्तकस्य वाचकः)
Speaker

Prahlāda (continuing instruction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvāravatī (Dvārakā)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: brāhmaṇas/devotees

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Dvārakā temple night: priests wave multi-wick ārati lamps before Kṛṣṇa; devotees prostrate; rows of ghee lamps glow; musicians play mṛdaṅga and cymbals; a reader recites from a scripture as the congregation keeps vigil.

Characters & Entities
Ā
Ārati
G
Ghṛta-dīpa (ghee lamp)
J
Jāgaraṇa (night vigil)

FAQs

Worship matures into sustained remembrance—light, humility, and all-night devotion centered on the Lord.

Dvārakā’s worship-tradition within the Dvārakā-māhātmya context, where such observances are praised as highly meritorious.

Perform ārati, do daṇḍavat-pranāma, offer a ghee lamp, keep night vigil, and engage in bhajans/music and scriptural recitation.

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