Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

वैशाखस्य तृतीयायां नवम्यां कार्त्तिकस्य च । पंचदश्यां तु माघस्य नभस्ये च त्रयोदशी

Transliteration

vaiśākhasya tṛtīyāyāṃ navamyāṃ kārttikasya ca | paṃcadaśyāṃ tu māghasya nabhasye ca trayodaśī

Translation

Am dritten Tithi des Vaiśākha; am neunten des Kārttika; am fünfzehnten des Māgha; und am dreizehnten des Nabhasya—auch dies sind festgesetzte Zeiten für heiliges Dāna und für die Riten zu Ehren der Pitṛ (Ahnen).

Word by Word

• वैशाखस्य: of Vaiśākha (month)
• वैशाखस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशाख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; मासनाम

• तृतीयायाम्: on the third (tithi)
• तृतीयायाम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृतीया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; तिथिनाम

• नवम्याम्: on the ninth (tithi)
• नवम्याम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नवमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; तिथिनाम

• कार्त्तिकस्य: of Kārttika (month)
• कार्त्तिकस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्त्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; मासनाम

• च: and
• च: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• पंचदश्याम्: on the fifteenth (tithi)
• पंचदश्याम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चदशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; तिथिनाम

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक-निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• माघस्य: of Māgha (month)
• माघस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; मासनाम

• नभस्ये: in Nabhasya (month)
• नभस्ये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नभस्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; मासनाम (भाद्रपद/नभस्य)

• च: and
• च: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• त्रयोदशी: (the) thirteenth (tithi)
• त्रयोदशी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रयोदशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; तिथिनाम (सूची-समापनार्थं प्रथमा)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A four-season ritual montage: Vaiśākha śukla tṛtīyā, Kārttika navamī, Māgha pūrṇimā, and Nabhasya trayodaśī—each shown with pilgrims bathing, offering lamps, feeding brāhmaṇas, and performing tarpaṇa at Prabhāsa.

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśākha
• Kārttika
• Māgha
• Nabhasya
• Tithi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Certain month-and-tithi combinations are treated as high-merit windows for dāna and pitṛ-oriented rites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, the setting in which these calendrical merits are being taught.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform rites on specified tithis: Vaiśākha śukla tṛtīyā, Kārttika navamī, Māgha paṃcadaśī, and Nabhasya trayodaśī.