Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

अमावास्या तपस्यस्य पौषस्यैकादशी तथा । तथाऽषाढस्य दशमी माघमासस्य सप्तमी

Transliteration

amāvāsyā tapasyasya pauṣasyaikādaśī tathā | tathā'ṣāḍhasya daśamī māghamāsasya saptamī

Translation

Der Neumondtag (amāvāsyā) im Monat Tapasya (Phālguna), der elfte Tag im Pauṣa, der zehnte im Āṣāḍha und der siebte im Monat Māgha—auch diese werden für die Ahnenriten gepriesen.

Word by Word

• अमावास्या: new-moon day
• अमावास्या: कर्ता/उद्देश्य (Enumerative subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमावास्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तपस्यस्य: of Tapasya (Phālguna)
• तपस्यस्य: षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (मास-नाम)

• पौषस्य: of Pauṣa
• पौषस्य: षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• एकादशी: the 11th (tithi)
• एकादशी: कर्ता/उद्देश्य (Enumerative subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकादशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तथा: also/likewise
• तथा: समुच्चय/क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: समुच्चय/क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• आषाढस्य: of Āṣāḍha
• आषाढस्य: षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आषाढ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दशमी: the 10th (tithi)
• दशमी: कर्ता/उद्देश्य (Enumerative subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• माघमासस्य: of the month of Māgha
• माघमासस्य: षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माघ + मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (‘माघस्य मासः’); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सप्तमी: the 7th (tithi)
• सप्तमी: कर्ता/उद्देश्य (Enumerative subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night of amāvāsyā: a dimly lit courtyard with oil lamps; a devotee performs tarpaṇa with darbha and sesame while the moonless sky emphasizes solemnity.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs (ancestors)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred time (tithi and month) is a vehicle of merit when used for Pitṛ-sevā through śrāddha and tarpaṇa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage belongs to a tīrtha-māhātmya setting but, in this verse, the glorification centers on calendrical sanctity rather than a named geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing Pitṛ-related rites particularly on Amāvāsyā and other specified tithis across the ritual year.