Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

हृषीकेशं भाद्रपदे पद्मनाभं तथाश्विने । दामोदरं कार्त्तिके तु कीर्तयन्नावसीदति

Transliteration

hṛṣīkeśaṃ bhādrapade padmanābhaṃ tathāśvine | dāmodaraṃ kārttike tu kīrtayannāvasīdati

Translation

في بهادرابادا (Bhādrapada) فليُرتَّل اسم هريشيكيشا (Hṛṣīkeśa)؛ وفي آشفينا (Āśvina) بادمانابها (Padmanābha)؛ وفي كارتيكا (Kārttika) دامودارا (Dāmodara). ومن يُنشد هذه الأسماء لا يقع في الكرب.

Word by Word

• हृषीकेशम्: Hṛṣīkeśa
• हृषीकेशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृषीकेश (प्रातिपदिक: हृषीक + ईश)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म

• भाद्रपदे: in Bhādrapada
• भाद्रपदे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाद्रपद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (time)

• पद्मनाभम्: Padmanābha
• पद्मनाभम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद्मनाभ (प्रातिपदिक: पद्म + नाभ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• अश्विने: in Aśvina
• अश्विने: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्विन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (time)

• दामोदरम्: Dāmodara
• दामोदरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दामोदर (प्रातिपदिक: दामन्/दाम + उदर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म

• कार्त्तिके: in Kārttika
• कार्त्तिके: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्त्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (time)

• तु: and/then
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• कीर्तयन्: praising / chanting
• कीर्तयन्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कीर्तय् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), परस्मैपद-प्रयोग, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तरि (agentive participle)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• अवसीदति: falls into distress / perishes
• अवसीदति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + सद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present indicative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kārttika dīpa at river ghāṭs (contextual)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Evening at a river ghāṭ in Kārttika: rows of lamps floating; devotees singing ‘Dāmodara’; side motifs show Hṛṣīkeśa (sense-control) and Padmanābha (cosmic lotus) as medallions.

Characters & Entities

• Hṛṣīkeśa
• Padmanābha
• Dāmodara
• Bhādrapada
• Āśvina
• Kārttika

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Nāma-kīrtana aligned to sacred months is presented as a protective, stabilizing devotion that wards off spiritual and worldly distress.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse glorifies Kārttika-centered devotion generally; the Revā Khaṇḍa setting frames it within Narmadā-region dharma.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Kīrtana of monthly Viṣṇu names: Hṛṣīkeśa (Bhādrapada), Padmanābha (Āśvina), Dāmodara (Kārttika).