Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

फाल्गुनस्य त्वमावास्या पौषस्यैकादशी सिता । कार्त्तिकी फाल्गुनी चैत्री ज्यैष्ठी पञ्चदशी तथा

Transliteration

phālgunasya tvamāvāsyā pauṣasyaikādaśī sitā | kārttikī phālgunī caitrī jyaiṣṭhī pañcadaśī tathā

Translation

Der Neumondtag im Monat Phālguna; das Ekādaśī der hellen Monatshälfte im Pauṣa; und der fünfzehnte Tag (Vollmond) in Kārttika, Phālguna, Caitra und ebenso in Jyaiṣṭha — auch diese gelten als heilige Zeiten.

Word by Word

• phālgunasya: of (the month) Phālguna
• phālgunasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phālguna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — ‘of Phālguna (month)’

• tu: and/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/विरोधार्थक निपात (particle: ‘but/and/indeed’)

• amāvāsyā: new-moon day (Amāvāsyā)
• amāvāsyā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amāvāsyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — ‘new-moon day’

• pauṣasya: of (the month) Pauṣa
• pauṣasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pauṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — ‘of Pauṣa (month)’

• ekādaśī: Ekādaśī (11th lunar day)
• ekādaśī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ekādaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — ‘eleventh lunar day’

• sitā: bright (śukla)
• sitā: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — विशेषण; ‘white/bright (fortnight)’

• kārttikī: (tithi) of Kārttika
• kārttikī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārttikī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — ‘(tithi) in Kārttika’

• phālgunī: (tithi) of Phālguna
• phālgunī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phālgunī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — ‘(tithi) in Phālguna’

• caitrī: (tithi) of Caitra
• caitrī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caitrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — ‘(tithi) in Caitra’

• jyaiṣṭhī: (tithi) of Jyaiṣṭha
• jyaiṣṭhī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jyaiṣṭhī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — ‘(tithi) in Jyaiṣṭha’

• pañcadaśī: Pañcadaśī (15th lunar day)
• pañcadaśī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pañcadaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — ‘fifteenth lunar day’

• tathā: also/likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): ‘thus/also’

Speaker

Deductive (Revākhaṇḍa narrative voice; likely a senior sage/teacher)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (Narmadā tīrthas)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājan (King)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A royal listener receives a calendrical litany of sacred lunar days; pilgrims at a river-ghāṭa mark amāvāsyā and pūrṇimā with lamps, offerings, and quiet vows.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Amāvāsyā, Ekādaśī, and Pūrṇimā are repeatedly upheld as spiritually charged days for offerings, restraint, and devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is named; the emphasis is on sacred calendrical observance within Revā Khaṇḍa teaching.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It lists Amāvāsyā, a bright Ekādaśī, and multiple Pūrṇimās as recommended sacred occasions for dhārmic rites such as Śrāddha.