Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

तापत्रयविमुक्तास्ते नात्र कार्या विचारणा । अष्टम्यां च चतुर्दश्यां तृतीयायां विशेषतः

Transliteration

tāpatrayavimuktāste nātra kāryā vicāraṇā | aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ tṛtīyāyāṃ viśeṣataḥ

Translation

Ils sont délivrés des trois afflictions; là-dessus, point de doute. Surtout au huitième tithi, au quatorzième, et tout particulièrement au troisième.

Word by Word

• tāpa-traya-vimuktāḥ: freed from the three kinds of suffering
• tāpa-traya-vimuktāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + traya (प्रातिपदिक) + vimukta (कृदन्त; vi + √muc (धातु))
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कृदन्त-भूतकृदन्त (क्त), विशेषणरूपेण

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध particle

• atra: here/in this matter
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• kāryā: to be done/necessary
• kāryā: Kriya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kārya (प्रातिपदिक; √kṛ (धातु) से तव्य/यत्-भाव)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• vicāraṇā: consideration/inquiry
• vicāraṇā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vicāraṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• aṣṭamyām: on the eighth (lunar day)
• aṣṭamyām: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṣṭamī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; तिथि-नाम

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक conjunction

• caturdaśyām: on the fourteenth (lunar day)
• caturdaśyām: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caturdaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; तिथि-नाम

• tṛtīyāyām: on the third (lunar day)
• tṛtīyāyām: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tṛtīyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; तिथि-नाम

• viśeṣataḥ: especially
• viśeṣataḥ: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: viśeṣatas (अव्यय; viśeṣa-प्रातिपदिकात्)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/विशेषणार्थक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: तापेश्वर-तीर्थ

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Unspecified in excerpt

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Calendar-like sacred scene: three highlighted lunar days (Aṣṭamī, Caturdaśī, Tṛtīyā) above a Narmadā ghat; devotees bathe under moon phases; a calm aura indicates release from threefold afflictions.

Characters & Entities

• Tāpatraya
• Tithis (Aṣṭamī, Caturdaśī, Tṛtīyā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred observances at a tīrtha are portrayed as remedies for deep existential suffering (the threefold tāpa).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Tāpeśvara tīrtha (in the Revā/Narmadā sacred region).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observance is especially efficacious on Aṣṭamī, Caturdaśī, and Tṛtīyā tithis (implying snāna/pūjā on these days).