Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन ग्रहणे चन्द्रसूर्ययोः । संक्रान्तौ च व्यतीपाते योगी भोज्यो विशेषतः

Transliteration

tasmātsarvaprayatnena grahaṇe candrasūryayoḥ | saṃkrāntau ca vyatīpāte yogī bhojyo viśeṣataḥ

Translation

Ainsi donc, avec tout effort—surtout lors des éclipses de la Lune et du Soleil, à la saṅkrānti du Soleil et au vyatīpāta-yoga—il convient de nourrir un yogin comme un mérite tout particulier.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन; ablative ‘therefore/from that’

• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: with all effort
• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + प्रयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; सर्वेण प्रयत्नेन (with all effort)

• ग्रहणे: at the eclipse
• ग्रहणे: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रहण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; ‘at the eclipse’

• चन्द्रसूर्ययोः: of the moon and sun
• चन्द्रसूर्ययोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्र + सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), द्विवचन; ‘of the moon and the sun’

• संक्रान्तौ: at saṅkrānti
• संक्रान्तौ: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संक्रान्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; ‘at saṅkrānti (solar ingress)’

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• व्यतीपाते: at vyatīpāta
• व्यतीपाते: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यतीपात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; ‘at vyatīpāta (astronomical yoga)’

• योगी: a yogi
• योगी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• भोज्यः: should be fed
• भोज्यः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भोज्य (कृदन्त from √भुज्, यत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicate adjective): ‘to be fed/fit to be fed’

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced; continues into Adhyāya 140 where he explicitly speaks)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā tīrtha (contextual) / any tīrtha on grahaṇa days

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A darkened sky during eclipse over a river ghat; devotees offer food and gifts to a composed yogin while priests chant; the sun/moon disk partially covered above.

Characters & Entities

• Candra
• Sūrya
• Vyatīpāta
• Saṅkrānti
• Yogin

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred times intensify merit; honoring realized ascetics through food-offering is praised as a high form of dāna.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction appears within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s tīrtha-māhātmya context (the Narmadā/Revā sacred landscape), though this verse itself emphasizes sacred timings rather than naming a single site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bhojana-dāna: feeding a yogin especially during eclipses, saṅkrānti, and vyatīpāta.