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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5

कार्त्तिक्यां तु विशेषेण वैशाख्यां च नरोत्तम । ब्रह्मविष्णुमहादेवान् स्नात्वा पश्यति तद्दिने

kārttikyāṃ tu viśeṣeṇa vaiśākhyāṃ ca narottama | brahmaviṣṇumahādevān snātvā paśyati taddine

Ô le meilleur des hommes, surtout en Kārttika et aussi en Vaiśākha, après s’être baigné (à ce gué sacré), on voit ce jour même Brahmā, Viṣṇu et Mahādeva.

kārttikyāmin (the month of) Kārttikī
kārttikyām:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootkārttikī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन
tubut/indeed
tu:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
Formविरोध/विशेषणार्थक-अव्यय (particle)
viśeṣeṇaespecially
viśeṣeṇa:
Kriya-visheshana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeNoun
Rootviśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोग (instrumental of manner)
vaiśākhyāmin (the month of) Vaiśākhī
vaiśākhyām:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootvaiśākhī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
narottamaO best of men
narottama:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootnara + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (narāṇām uttamaḥ)
brahmaBrahmā
brahma:
Sambandha (Compound-member/समासाङ्ग)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक-रूप (समासाङ्ग)
viṣṇuViṣṇu
viṣṇu:
Sambandha (Compound-member/समासाङ्ग)
TypeNoun
Rootviṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक-रूप (समासाङ्ग)
mahādevānMahādevas (great gods)
mahādevān:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmahādeva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)
snātvāhaving bathed
snātvā:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√snā (स्ना)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)
paśyatisees
paśyati:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√dṛś (दृश्)
Formलट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
taddineon that day
taddine:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roottad + dina (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (tasya dine)

Skanda (deduced: Skanda Purāṇa narrative voice within Revā-khaṇḍa)

Tirtha: Śuklatīrtha

Type: ghat

Listener: naroत्तम (addressed pilgrim/ideal listener)

Scene: A pilgrim at Śuklatīrtha bathes and then beholds a radiant triad—Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Mahādeva—appearing as a unified blessing on a Kārttika or Vaiśākha day.

K
Kārttika (month)
V
Vaiśākha (month)
B
Brahmā
V
Viṣṇu
M
Mahādeva (Śiva)

FAQs

Sacred bathing at a tīrtha, especially in auspicious months, grants divine vision and accelerates purification.

The Revā-khaṇḍa context points to Śukla-tīrtha (named explicitly in later verses of this adhyāya).

Snāna (ritual bathing) during Kārttika and Vaiśākha.