Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

वैशाखस्य तृतीयायां नवम्यां कार्त्तिकस्य च । पंचदश्यां तु माघस्य नभस्ये च त्रयोदशी

Transliteration

vaiśākhasya tṛtīyāyāṃ navamyāṃ kārttikasya ca | paṃcadaśyāṃ tu māghasya nabhasye ca trayodaśī

Translation

في تِثي اليوم الثالث من شهر فايشاكها؛ وفي التاسع من شهر كارتِّيكا؛ وفي الخامس عشر من شهر ماغها؛ وفي الثالث عشر من شهر نَبهاسيا—فهذه أيضًا أوقاتٌ مُعيَّنة للصدقة المقدسة (دانا) ولشعائر الآباء الأسلاف (بيتْرِ).

Word by Word

• वैशाखस्य: of Vaiśākha (month)
• वैशाखस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशाख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; मासनाम

• तृतीयायाम्: on the third (tithi)
• तृतीयायाम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृतीया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; तिथिनाम

• नवम्याम्: on the ninth (tithi)
• नवम्याम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नवमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; तिथिनाम

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

• च: and
• च: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• पंचदश्याम्: on the fifteenth (tithi)
• पंचदश्याम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चदशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; तिथिनाम

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक-निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• माघस्य: of Māgha (month)
• माघस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; मासनाम

• नभस्ये: in Nabhasya (month)
• नभस्ये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नभस्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; मासनाम (भाद्रपद/नभस्य)

• च: and
• च: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• त्रयोदशी: (the) thirteenth (tithi)
• त्रयोदशी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रयोदशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; तिथिनाम (सूची-समापनार्थं प्रथमा)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A four-season ritual montage: Vaiśākha śukla tṛtīyā, Kārttika navamī, Māgha pūrṇimā, and Nabhasya trayodaśī—each shown with pilgrims bathing, offering lamps, feeding brāhmaṇas, and performing tarpaṇa at Prabhāsa.

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśākha
• Kārttika
• Māgha
• Nabhasya
• Tithi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Certain month-and-tithi combinations are treated as high-merit windows for dāna and pitṛ-oriented rites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, the setting in which these calendrical merits are being taught.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform rites on specified tithis: Vaiśākha śukla tṛtīyā, Kārttika navamī, Māgha paṃcadaśī, and Nabhasya trayodaśī.