Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

अश्वयुक्छुक्लनवमी द्वादशी कार्त्तिकस्य च । तृतीया चैत्रमासस्य तथा भाद्रपदस्य च

Transliteration

aśvayukchuklanavamī dvādaśī kārttikasya ca | tṛtīyā caitramāsasya tathā bhādrapadasya ca

Translation

تِثي التاسع من النصف المضيء لشهر آشويوجا (Āśvayuja)، وتِثي الثاني عشر من شهر كارتِّيكا (Kārttika)، وتِثي الثالث من شهر تشيترا (Caitra)، وكذلك تِثي الثالث من بهادرابادا (Bhādrapada) — فهذه أوقاتٌ مباركة.

Word by Word

• अश्वयुक्छुक्लनवमी: the 9th (navamī) of the bright fortnight in Aśvayuja
• अश्वयुक्छुक्लनवमी: Karta/Item in list (उद्देश्य/सूची)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वयुज् (प्रातिपदिक) + शुक्ल (प्रातिपदिक) + नवमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• द्वादशी: the 12th lunar day (dvādaśī)
• द्वादशी: Item in list (सूची)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वादशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• कार्त्तिकस्य: of Kārttika (month)
• कार्त्तिकस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्त्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• तृतीया: the 3rd lunar day (tṛtīyā)
• तृतीया: Item in list (सूची)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृतीया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• चैत्रमासस्य: of the month of Caitra
• चैत्रमासस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चैत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Connector/Modifier (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/तुल्यतावाचक (adverb: 'likewise')

• भाद्रपदस्य: of Bhādrapada (month)
• भाद्रपदस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाद्रपद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

Speaker

Deductive (Revākhaṇḍa narrative voice; likely a senior sage/teacher)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Uttānapāda

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calendrical teaching scene: the teacher enumerates tithis; visualized as four panels representing the months—Āśvayuja (Navamī), Kārttika (Dvādaśī), Caitra (Tṛtīyā), Bhādrapada (Tṛtīyā)—each with devotees performing river snāna and offerings.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is time-sensitive: specific tithis are singled out as especially fruitful for rites like Śrāddha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tirtha is named in this verse; the focus is on calendrical sanctity within the Revā Khaṇḍa tradition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It enumerates auspicious tithis (Navamī, Dvādaśī, Tṛtīyā) in specific months as preferred times for religious rites such as Śrāddha.