Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

हृषीकेशं भाद्रपदे पद्मनाभं तथाश्विने । दामोदरं कार्त्तिके तु कीर्तयन्नावसीदति

Transliteration

hṛṣīkeśaṃ bhādrapade padmanābhaṃ tathāśvine | dāmodaraṃ kārttike tu kīrtayannāvasīdati

Translation

ভাদ্রপদে হৃষীকেশের, আশ্বিনে পদ্মনাভের এবং কার্ত্তিকে দামোদরের কীর্তনকারী কখনও দুঃখে পতিত হয় না।

Word by Word

• हृषीकेशम्: Hṛṣīkeśa
• हृषीकेशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृषीकेश (प्रातिपदिक: हृषीक + ईश)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म

• भाद्रपदे: in Bhādrapada
• भाद्रपदे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाद्रपद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (time)

• पद्मनाभम्: Padmanābha
• पद्मनाभम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद्मनाभ (प्रातिपदिक: पद्म + नाभ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• अश्विने: in Aśvina
• अश्विने: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्विन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (time)

• दामोदरम्: Dāmodara
• दामोदरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दामोदर (प्रातिपदिक: दामन्/दाम + उदर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म

• कार्त्तिके: in Kārttika
• कार्त्तिके: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्त्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (time)

• तु: and/then
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• कीर्तयन्: praising / chanting
• कीर्तयन्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कीर्तय् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), परस्मैपद-प्रयोग, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तरि (agentive participle)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• अवसीदति: falls into distress / perishes
• अवसीदति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + सद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present indicative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kārttika dīpa at river ghāṭs (contextual)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Evening at a river ghāṭ in Kārttika: rows of lamps floating; devotees singing ‘Dāmodara’; side motifs show Hṛṣīkeśa (sense-control) and Padmanābha (cosmic lotus) as medallions.

Characters & Entities

• Hṛṣīkeśa
• Padmanābha
• Dāmodara
• Bhādrapada
• Āśvina
• Kārttika

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Nāma-kīrtana aligned to sacred months is presented as a protective, stabilizing devotion that wards off spiritual and worldly distress.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse glorifies Kārttika-centered devotion generally; the Revā Khaṇḍa setting frames it within Narmadā-region dharma.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Kīrtana of monthly Viṣṇu names: Hṛṣīkeśa (Bhādrapada), Padmanābha (Āśvina), Dāmodara (Kārttika).