Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 79
Devanagari script
माघशुक्लद्वितीयादिचैत्रकृष्णचतुर्द्दशीम् । सप्ताशीतिदिनान्येवं मध्ये पंवदशा हकम्
Transliteration
māghaśukladvitīyādicaitrakṛṣṇacaturddaśīm | saptāśītidinānyevaṃ madhye paṃvadaśā hakam
Translation
মাঘ শুক্ল দ্বিতীয়াৰ পৰা চৈত্র কৃষ্ণ চতুৰ্দশীলৈকে—এইদৰে মুঠ সাতাশি দিন হ’ল; মাজত পন্ধৰ দিনৰ এক অন্তৰালৰ কথাও কোৱা হৈছে।
Word by Word
माघशुक्लद्वितीयादिbeginning with Māgha bright-fortnight second (day)
माघशुक्लद्वितीयादि:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootमाघ + शुक्ल + द्वितीया + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (context-dependent), एकवचन; समासः—बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (माघे शुक्लपक्षे द्वितीया आदि)
चैत्रकृष्णचतुर्दशीम्(up to) the Chaitra dark-fortnight fourteenth day
चैत्रकृष्णचतुर्दशीम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootचैत्र + कृष्ण + चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (चैत्रे कृष्णपक्षे चतुर्दशी)
सप्ताशीतिदिनानिeighty-seven days
सप्ताशीतिदिनानि:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसप्ताशीति + दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; समासः—द्विगु/तत्पुरुषः (सप्ताशीतिः संख्या + दिनानि)
एवम्thus
एवम्:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb of manner)
मध्येin the middle
मध्ये:
Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘in the middle’
पञ्चदशाहकम्a period of fifteen days
पञ्चदशाहकम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपञ्चदश + अह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—द्विगु/तत्पुरुषः (पञ्चदश अहानि)
Speaker
Unnamed Purāṇic narrator (contextual narrator within Brāhma Khaṇḍa)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A sage or narrator indicating a palm-leaf calendar/pañcāṅga, with months Māgha to Caitra marked; behind, faint vignettes of war scenes as time passes in counted days.
Characters & Entities
M
Māgha (month)C
Caitra (month)Ś
Śukla DvitīyāK
Kṛṣṇa CaturdaśīFAQs
Purāṇas preserve sacred history with calendrical precision, tying dharma narratives to auspicious time (kāla).
None; the verse is primarily chronological.
None; it is a computation of days between lunar dates.