Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

मासि मार्गशिरे शुक्ला भवत्येकादशी यदा । स्नात्वा रेवाजले पुण्ये तद्दिनं समुपोषयेत्

Transliteration

māsi mārgaśire śuklā bhavatyekādaśī yadā | snātvā revājale puṇye taddinaṃ samupoṣayet

Translation

Wenn im Monat Mārgaśīrṣa die Ekādaśī der hellen Monatshälfte eintritt, soll man, nachdem man im heiligen Wasser der Revā gebadet hat, an jenem Tag fasten.

Word by Word

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

• मार्गशीर्षे: in (the month of) Mārgaśīrṣa
• मार्गशीर्षे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्गशीर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; कालाधिकरण

• शुक्ला: bright (fortnight)
• शुक्ला: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुक्ल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (एकादशी)

• भवति: occurs/is
• भवति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; अकर्मक

• एकादशी: Ekādaśī (11th lunar day)
• एकादशी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकादशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृपद (भवति)

• यदा: when
• यदा: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb/conjunction)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वकर्म (having done first)

• रेवाजले: in the waters of Revā (Narmadā)
• रेवाजले: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेवा (प्रातिपदिक) + जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: रेवायाः जलम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• पुण्ये: holy
• पुण्ये: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषण (जले)

• तत्-दिनम्: that day
• तत्-दिनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सर्वनाम-पूर्वपद: तत् + दिनम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म

• समुपोषयेत्: should fast/observe a fast
• समुपोषयेत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उपवस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग: सम्+उप

Speaker

Unspecified (narratorial voice within Revākhaṇḍa; likely addressing a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (nṛpa / mahārāja)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at dawn on the bright Ekādaśī of Mārgaśīrṣa steps into the calm Revā, hands joined in sankalpa, with riverbanks lined by trees and small shrines; the atmosphere is cool and luminous.

Characters & Entities

• Mārgaśīrṣa
• Śukla Ekādaśī
• Revā (Narmadā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Aligning sacred time (Ekādaśī) with sacred place (Revā) intensifies merit and supports self-restraint.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā/Narmadā waters at the Śālagrāma-associated riverbank tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna in Revā (Narmadā) and upavāsa (fasting) on Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Ekādaśī.