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

Also praised are the tenth day of Āṣāḍha, the seventh day of the month of Māgha, the eighth day of the dark fortnight of Śrāvaṇa, and likewise the full-moon of Āṣāḍha—powerful occasions for dharmic merit, especially through giving (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.