Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

षष्ठ्यष्टम्योर्वसेत्पापं तैले मांसे सदैव हि । चतुर्दश्यां पञ्चदश्यां तथैव च क्षुरे भगे

Transliteration

ṣaṣṭhyaṣṭamyorvasetpāpaṃ taile māṃse sadaiva hi | caturdaśyāṃ pañcadaśyāṃ tathaiva ca kṣure bhage

Translation

Am sechsten und am achten Mondtag, so heißt es, wohnt die Sünde in Öl und Fleisch. Ebenso am vierzehnten und fünfzehnten: in der Rasierklinge und in geschlechtlicher Ausschweifung.

Word by Word

• षष्ठ्यष्टम्योः: on the sixth and eighth (lunar days)
• षष्ठ्यष्टम्योः: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्ठी (प्रातिपदिक) + अष्टमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), द्विवचन; द्वन्द्वसमासः (षष्ठी च अष्टमी च)

• वसेत्: would dwell/remain
• वसेत्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पापम्: sin/evil
• पापम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• तैले: in oil
• तैले: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तैल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• मांसे: in meat
• मांसे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मांस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक (adverb)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• हि: for/indeed
• हि: Sambandha/Reason particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (causal/emphatic particle)

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

• पञ्चदश्याम्: on the fifteenth (lunar day)
• पञ्चदश्याम्: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चदशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (adverb)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• क्षुरे: in a razor
• क्षुरे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• भगे: in the vulva/sexual organ
• भगे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

Speaker

Deductive (sectional narration; likely Sūta speaking in a dharma-teaching passage)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A lunar calendar motif with highlighted tithis; a devotee setting aside oil and meat on ṣaṣṭhī/aṣṭamī; on caturdaśī/pañcadaśī, a razor placed aside and a couple practicing restraint, turning toward a shrine lamp.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Time-discipline (tithi-niyama) refines conduct; restraint on certain days supports purity and vrata-like living.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is referenced; it is a calendrical purity rule.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Avoid (or treat with caution) oil and meat on ṣaṣṭhī/aṣṭamī, and avoid shaving and sexual indulgence on caturdaśī/pañcadaśī.