Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 127

Devanagari script

आषाढस्यापि दशमी माघमासस्य सप्तमी । श्रावणस्याष्टमी कृष्णा तथाषाढी च पूर्णिमा

Transliteration

āṣāḍhasyāpi daśamī māghamāsasya saptamī | śrāvaṇasyāṣṭamī kṛṣṇā tathāṣāḍhī ca pūrṇimā

Translation

Auch gepriesen werden der zehnte Tag des Monats Āṣāḍha, der siebte des Monats Māgha, der achte Tag der dunklen Monatshälfte (kṛṣṇa-pakṣa) im Śrāvaṇa sowie der Vollmond des Āṣāḍha—machtvolle Gelegenheiten für dharmisches Verdienst, besonders für das Geben (dāna).

Word by Word

• āṣāḍhasya: of (the month) Āṣāḍha
• āṣāḍhasya: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āṣāḍha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; मास-नाम

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; also/even)

• daśamī: the tenth lunar day (Daśamī)
• daśamī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daśamī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• māghamāsasya: of the month of Māgha
• māghamāsasya: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māgha + māsa (प्रातिपदिक); समास
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (माघः मासः)

• saptamī: the seventh lunar day (Saptamī)
• saptamī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saptamī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• śrāvaṇasya: of (the month) Śrāvaṇa
• śrāvaṇasya: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrāvaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; मास-नाम

• aṣṭamī: the eighth lunar day (Aṣṭamī)
• aṣṭamī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṣṭamī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• kṛṣṇā: dark (waning fortnight)
• kṛṣṇā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛṣṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (कृष्णपक्षसम्बन्धिनी)

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: likewise)

• āṣāḍhī: of Āṣāḍha (month-related)
• āṣāḍhī: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āṣāḍhī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (आषाढमाससम्बन्धिनी)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• pūrṇimā: full-moon day (Pūrṇimā)
• pūrṇimā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūrṇimā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvara-khaṇḍa context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Four seasonal vignettes: monsoon Āṣāḍha full-moon with lamp-lit worship; Āṣāḍha daśamī charity; winter Māgha saptamī sunrise bath; Śrāvaṇa dark aṣṭamī night vigil with devotional singing—each framed as a sacred time-node for merit.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Time (kāla), marked by tithi and month, becomes a vessel for intensified merit when used for dharmic action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse praises calendrical observances.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

These dates are presented as especially auspicious for vrata-like observances and dāna.