Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

नवमी कार्तिके शुक्ला तृतीया माधवे सिता । अमावास्या च तपसो नभस्यस्य त्रयोदशी

Transliteration

navamī kārtike śuklā tṛtīyā mādhave sitā | amāvāsyā ca tapaso nabhasyasya trayodaśī

Translation

هي: التاسع من النصف المضيء في شهر كارتّيكا؛ والثالث من النصف المضيء في شهر ماذافا (فايشاكها)؛ ويوم الأَمَاوَاسْيَا (المحاق) في شهر تَپَسْيَا (فالگونا)؛ واليوم الثالث عشر في شهر نَبْهَسْيَا (بهادْرَپَدا)—فهذه هي أيام اليوغادي المحبوبة لدى الپِتْرِ.

Word by Word

• navamī: the ninth lunar day (Navamī)
• navamī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: navamī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तिथिनाम (name of lunar day)

• kārtike: in (the month of) Kārtika
• kārtike: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārtika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; मासवाचक (month-name)

• śuklā: bright (fortnight)
• śuklā: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śukla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying tithi)

• tṛtīyā: the third lunar day (Tṛtīyā)
• tṛtīyā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tṛtīyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तिथिनाम

• mādhave: in (the month of) Mādhava (Caitra)
• mādhave: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mādhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; मासवाचक

• sitā: white/bright
• sitā: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying tithi)

• amāvāsyā: new-moon day (Amāvāsyā)
• amāvāsyā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amāvāsyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तिथिनाम (new-moon day)

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

• tapasaḥ: of Tapas (month)
• tapasaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; मासवाचक (Tapas = month-name)

• nabhasyasya: of Nabhasya (month)
• nabhasyasya: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nabhasya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; मासवाचक (Nabhasya = month-name)

• trayodaśī: the thirteenth lunar day (Trayodaśī)
• trayodaśī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: trayodaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तिथिनाम (thirteenth lunar day)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pitṛ-vallabha Yugādi Tithis

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: rājendra (a king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic lunar calendar with highlighted dates: Kārtika śukla navamī, Vaiśākha śukla tṛtīyā, Phālguna amāvāsyā, Bhādrapada trayodaśī; Pitṛs shown as pleased guardians of time.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs (ancestors)
• Kārtika
• Vaiśākha (Mādhava)
• Phālguna (Tapasya)
• Bhādrapada (Nabhasya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual life is oriented by sacred thresholds; observing yugādi tithis supports purification and ancestral contentment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is calendrical; it highlights sacred dates rather than naming a single pilgrimage destination.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Identification of specific tithis (yugādis) suitable for Pitṛ-priya observances such as snāna, dāna, and tarpaṇa.