Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

ज्येष्ठे मासि सिते पक्ष एकादश्यां विशेषतः । गत्वा ह्यादिवराहं तु सम्प्राप्ते दशमीदिने

Transliteration

jyeṣṭhe māsi site pakṣa ekādaśyāṃ viśeṣataḥ | gatvā hyādivarāhaṃ tu samprāpte daśamīdine

Translation

Im Monat Jyeṣṭha, in der lichten Monatshälfte — besonders am Ekādaśī — soll man zu Ādi-Varāha gehen, wenn der Daśamī-Tag erreicht ist, in der rechten Observanz, die in Ekādaśī mündet.

Word by Word

• jyeṣṭhe: in (the month of) Jyeṣṭha
• jyeṣṭhe: Adhikarana (Location/Time-adhikaraṇa)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jyeṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन (मास-विशेषणरूपे)

• māsi: in the month
• māsi: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन

• site: bright (white)
• site: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; एकवचन; विशेषण (पक्षे)

• pakṣe: in the fortnight
• pakṣe: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन

• ekādaśyām: on the Ekādaśī (11th lunar day)
• ekādaśyām: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ekādaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन

• viśeṣataḥ: especially
• viśeṣataḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: viśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + tas (तस्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/विशेषणार्थक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: especially)

• gatvā: having gone
• gatvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम्) (धातु) → gatvā (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वक्रिया (having gone)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphasis/indeed)

• ādi-varāham: Ādi-Varāha (the primordial boar form)
• ādi-varāham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ādi (प्रातिपदिक) + varāha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन; कर्मधारय (the primeval Varāha)

• tu: then/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/अन्वयबोधक निपात (but/indeed)

• samprāpte: when (it has) arrived
• samprāpte: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam + √prāp (प्राप्) (धातु) → samprāpta (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle, active sense); पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन; कालविशेषण (when arrived)

• daśamī-dine: on the Daśamī day (10th lunar day)
• daśamī-dine: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daśamī (प्रातिपदिक) + dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (on the day of Daśamī)

Speaker

Purāṇic narrator (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ādi-Varāha (within Pañca-Varāha)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pāṇḍunandana

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calendar-like sacred setting: Jyeṣṭha śukla pakṣa; pilgrims arriving on Daśamī, approaching the Ādi-Varāha temple as Ekādaśī dawn nears; banners, lamps, and vrata markers (tilaka, water pots).

Characters & Entities

• Jyeṣṭha māsa
• Śukla pakṣa
• Ekādaśī
• Daśamī
• Ādi-Varāha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred merit is intensified when pilgrimage aligns with auspicious calendrical dharma—especially Ekādaśī observance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ādi-Varāha, within the Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha framework of this chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A time-specific instruction: visit Ādi-Varāha in Jyeṣṭha śukla pakṣa, with special emphasis on Ekādaśī (with observance continuity from Daśamī).