Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 101

Devanagari script

अमावस्यां महादेवि यस्तु श्राद्धप्रदो भवेत् । अब्दमेकं विशालाक्षि तृप्तास्तत्पितरो ध्रुवम्

Transliteration

amāvasyāṃ mahādevi yastu śrāddhaprado bhavet | abdamekaṃ viśālākṣi tṛptāstatpitaro dhruvam

Translation

Au jour d’Amāvasyā, ô Mahādevī, quiconque offre le śrāddha, ô aux grands yeux, rassasie assurément ses ancêtres pour une année entière.

Word by Word

• अमावस्याम्: on the new-moon day
• अमावस्याम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमावस्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• महादेवि: O great goddess
• महादेवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक

• श्राद्धप्रदः: giver of śrāddha (offerings)
• श्राद्धप्रदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्राद्ध + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक; प्रद = √दा (धातु) कृत्-प्रत्ययान्त/प्रद-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/कर्म-तत्पुरुषसमासः; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (of 'यः')

• भवेत्: should be/becomes
• भवेत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• अब्दम्: a year
• अब्दम्: Karma (Object/कर्म) / Avadhi (extent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अब्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कालावधि

• एकम्: one
• एकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (of 'अब्दम्')

• विशालाक्षि: O wide-eyed one
• विशालाक्षि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशाल + अक्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमासः; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• तृप्ताः: satisfied
• तृप्ताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृप्त (प्रातिपदिक; तृप्त = √तृप् (धातु) क्त-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (of 'पितरः')

• तत्: of him
• तत्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; समासपूर्वपद (in 'तत्पितरः')

• पितरः: ancestors
• पितरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• ध्रुवम्: certainly
• ध्रुवम्: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ध्रुव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverbial accusative usage), निश्चयार्थक

Speaker

Śiva (deduced; vocatives mahādevi, viśālākṣi)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (general)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī/Pārvatī (explicit vocatives: महादेवि, विशालाक्षि)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a dark-moon evening by a sacred riverbank, a householder offers piṇḍa and water-libations; pitṛs appear luminous and content, receiving offerings for a year’s span.

Characters & Entities

• Amāvasyā
• Śrāddha
• Pitaraḥ (ancestors)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Honoring ancestors through śrāddha is a powerful dharma; proper observance on Amāvasyā yields enduring pitṛ-satisfaction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is not tied to a single named tīrtha; it presents a time-based (Amāvasyā) ritual merit within the Revā-khaṇḍa context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing śrāddha on Amāvasyā, with the stated fruit of ancestors being satisfied for one year.