Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 112

Devanagari script

सर्वाङ्गरुचिरे विप्रे सद्वृत्ते च प्रियंवदे । पूर्णिमायां तु माघस्य कार्त्तिक्यामथ भारत

Transliteration

sarvāṅgarucire vipre sadvṛtte ca priyaṃvade | pūrṇimāyāṃ tu māghasya kārttikyāmatha bhārata

Translation

Offer the gift to a brāhmaṇa radiant in every limb, of noble conduct and pleasing speech, O Bhārata—especially on the full-moon day of Māgha, and likewise in the month of Kārttika.

Word by Word

• sarvāṅga-rucire: in/for one beautiful in all limbs
• sarvāṅga-rucire: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva+aṅga+rucira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: सर्वाङ्गरुचिर = सर्वेष्वङ्गेषु रुचिरः (beautiful in all limbs)

• vipre: in/for a brāhmaṇa
• vipre: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; 'विप्रे' = ब्राह्मणे (in/for a brāhmaṇa)

• sad-vṛtte: in/for one of good conduct
• sad-vṛtte: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sat+vṛtta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; कर्मधारय: सद्वृत्त = सच्चरित्रः (of good conduct)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• priyaṃ-vade: in/for one who speaks pleasantly
• priyaṃ-vade: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: priya+vada (वद् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष: प्रियं वदति (speaks pleasantly)

• pūrṇimāyām: on the full-moon day
• pūrṇimāyām: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūrṇimā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; पूर्णिमा-तिथौ (on the full-moon day)

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषण-अव्यय (particle: 'but/indeed')

• māghasya: of Māgha
• māghasya: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māgha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; माघमासस्य (of Māgha month)

• kārttikyām: in Kārttikī (month/tithi)
• kārttikyām: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārttikī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; कार्त्तिकी-पूर्णिमायाम्/कार्त्तिकी-तिथौ (in Kārttikī)

• atha: then/now
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse/प्रस्ताव)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तर/प्रस्ताव-अव्यय (particle: 'then/now')

• bhārata: O Bhārata
• bhārata: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhārata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; सम्बोधन (O Bhārata)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from immediate narrative context in Revā Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā tīrtha setting (general)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Full-moon night on a riverbank: lamps, white moonlight, donor offering a ritual gift to a radiant, well-conducted brāhmaṇa with gentle speech; the calendar sanctity is palpable.

Characters & Entities

• Māgha
• Kārttika

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred timing and worthy recipients intensify the fruits of charity and ritual giving.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The setting is the Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha tradition connected with Cakratīrtha, while the verse highlights calendrical sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Give to a virtuous, sweet-spoken brāhmaṇa particularly on Māgha Pūrṇimā and during Kārttika.