Shloka 11 - Adhyaya 73 - Reva Khanda - Avanti Khanda | Bengali | Vedapath

Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

सर्वेषु चैव मासेषु कार्त्तिके च विशेषतः । दापयेत्परया भक्त्या द्विजे स्वाध्यायतत्परे

Transliteration

sarveṣu caiva māseṣu kārttike ca viśeṣataḥ | dāpayetparayā bhaktyā dvije svādhyāyatatpare

Translation

সব মাসেই—বিশেষত কার্ত্তিক মাসে—পরম ভক্তিতে স্বাধ্যায়ে নিবিষ্ট দ্বিজকে দান প্রদান করা উচিত।

Word by Word

सर्वेषुin all

चand

एवindeed/only

मासेषुin the months

कार्त्तिकेin (the month of) Kārttika

चand

विशेषतःespecially

दापयेत्should cause (it) to be given

परयाwith supreme

भक्त्याdevotion

द्विजेto/for a brāhmaṇa

स्वाध्यायतत्परेdevoted to self-study (Vedic recitation)

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual, within the Yudhiṣṭhira–Mārkaṇḍeya dialogue in this adhyāya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kārttika setting with lamps; a brāhmaṇa recites Veda (svādhyāya) while a devotee offers gifts reverently near a riverbank shrine.

Characters & Entities

Kārttika

Dvija

Svādhyāya

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional charity, especially in Kārttika, becomes highly meritorious when offered to a worthy recipient devoted to sacred learning.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching occurs within the Revā Khaṇḍa (Narmadā/Revā sacred geography), framing Kārttika practices as part of the river-region’s māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna (charitable giving), with emphasis on giving in Kārttika to a Brāhmaṇa engaged in svādhyāya.