Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

भाद्रे मासि सिते पक्षे पंचम्यां नियतव्रतः । तस्य सांवत्सरी यात्रा कर्त्तव्या विधिपूर्विका

Transliteration

bhādre māsi site pakṣe paṃcamyāṃ niyatavrataḥ | tasya sāṃvatsarī yātrā karttavyā vidhipūrvikā

Translation

ভাদ্ৰপদ মাহৰ শুক্ল পক্ষৰ পঞ্চমীত, নিয়ত-ব্ৰত পালন কৰা ভক্তে বিধি-পূৰ্বক বাৰ্ষিক তীৰ্থযাত্ৰা কৰিব লাগে।

Word by Word

• भाद्रे: in (the month of) Bhādra
• भाद्रे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भाद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; मास-विशेषण (in Bhādra)

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• सिते: in the bright (fortnight)
• सिते: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; पक्ष-विशेषण (in the bright/white)

• पक्षे: in the fortnight
• पक्षे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• पञ्चम्याम्: on the fifth (lunar day)
• पञ्चम्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• नियतव्रतः: one observing a fixed vow
• नियतव्रतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नियत (प्रातिपदिक) + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (नियतं व्रतं यस्य)

• तस्य: of him / for him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• सांवत्सरी: annual
• सांवत्सरी: Karta (Subject Complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सांवत्सरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; यात्रा-विशेषण (annual)

• यात्रा: pilgrimage
• यात्रा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• कर्तव्या: should be performed
• कर्तव्या: Kriya (Obligation/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कर्तव्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive: ‘should be done’)

• विधिपूर्विका: preceded by proper procedure
• विधिपूर्विका: Karta (Subject Complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक) + पूर्वक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (विधिना पूर्विका)

Speaker

Brahmā (deduced; Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra (annual yātrā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims in white garments with water-pots and tulasī malas enter Ayodhyā at dawn on Bhādrapada śukla pañcamī, taking sankalpa before a Vaiṣṇava shrine; banners, conch, and orderly procession indicate ‘sāṃvatsarī yātrā’.

Characters & Entities

• Bhādrapada
• Śukla-pakṣa
• Pañcamī
• Yātrā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is practiced through disciplined, time-bound observances—pilgrimage aligned with sacred calendrical moments.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ayodhyā tīrthas in this Adhyāya, especially the Vasiṣṭha-kuṇḍa circuit implied by context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Undertake an annual yātrā on Bhādrapada śukla pañcamī, following proper ritual procedure.