Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

ज्येष्ठे मासि सिते पक्षे चतुर्दश्यामुपोषितः । द्वादश्यां कारयेद्देवपूजनं वैष्णवो नरः

Transliteration

jyeṣṭhe māsi site pakṣe caturdaśyāmupoṣitaḥ | dvādaśyāṃ kārayeddevapūjanaṃ vaiṣṇavo naraḥ

Translation

Im Monat Jyeṣṭha, in der hellen Monatshälfte, nachdem er am vierzehnten Tithi gefastet hat, soll der vaiṣṇavische Mann am zwölften Tithi die Verehrung des Herrn ausrichten lassen.

Word by Word

• ज्येष्ठे: in (the month of) Jyeṣṭha
• ज्येष्ठे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्येष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; मास-विशेषण (in the month-name ‘Jyeṣṭha’)

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

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

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

• चतुर्दश्याम्: on the fourteenth lunar day
• चतुर्दश्याम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• उपोषितः: having fasted
• उपोषितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप-उष् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत् (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे ‘having fasted’

• द्वादश्याम्: on the twelfth lunar day
• द्वादश्याम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वादशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• कारयेत्: should cause to be done / should perform (by arranging)
• कारयेत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) [णिच् causative: कारयति]
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative)

• देवपूजनम्: worship of the deity/deities
• देवपूजनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + पूजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (देवस्य पूजनम्)

• वैष्णवः: a Vaiṣṇava
• वैष्णवः: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैष्णव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नर-विशेषण

• नरः: man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā tīrtha (general)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: राजेन्द्र (a king addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Vaiṣṇava pilgrim in clean white garments prepares offerings—tulasī, lamps, incense—consulting a pañcāṅga for Jyeṣṭha śukla tithis, with the Narmadā flowing nearby and a small Viṣṇu shrine set for worship.

Characters & Entities

• Jyeṣṭha (month)
• Vaiṣṇava (devotee of Viṣṇu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Time (tithi and month) sanctifies practice; properly timed fasting and worship deepen Vaiṣṇava devotion and merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The observance is taught within the Revā/Narmadā māhātmya framework, implying practice at Narmadā tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A Jyeṣṭha bright-fortnight observance involving fasting on caturdaśī and performing devapūjā on dvādaśī.