Shloka 91 - Adhyaya 159 - Reva Khanda - Avanti Khanda | French | Vedapath

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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 91

Devanagari script

श्रीमार्कण्डेय उवाच । प्राप्ते चाश्वयुजे मासि तस्मिन्कृष्णा चतुर्दशी । स्नात्वा कृत्वा ततः श्राद्धं सम्पूज्य च महेश्वरम्

Transliteration

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca | prāpte cāśvayuje māsi tasminkṛṣṇā caturdaśī | snātvā kṛtvā tataḥ śrāddhaṃ sampūjya ca maheśvaram

Translation

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya dit : Lorsque vient le mois d’Āśvayuja, au quatorzième jour de la quinzaine sombre, après s’être baigné, qu’on accomplisse le śrāddha et qu’on vénère dûment Maheśvara (Śiva).

Word by Word

श्रीमार्कण्डेयःthe venerable Mārkaṇḍeya

उवाचsaid

प्राप्तेwhen (it) has arrived

चand

आश्वयुजेin (the month of) Āśvayuja

मासिin the month

तस्मिन्in that (month/time)

कृष्णा(in the) dark (fortnight)

चतुर्दशीthe fourteenth lunar day

स्नात्वाhaving bathed

कृत्वाhaving done

ततःthen

श्राद्धम्śrāddha rite

सम्पूज्यhaving duly worshipped

चand

महेश्वरम्Maheśvara (Śiva)

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mārkaṇḍeya speaks to an assembly; in parallel vignettes: devotees bathing at dawn, offering śrāddha to pitṛs, then worshipping a liṅga with bilva leaves and lamps under an autumn sky.

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

Maheśvara (Śiva)

Āśvayuja (month)

Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (tithi)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma integrates devotion and duty: honoring ancestors through śrāddha and honoring Śiva through worship on an auspicious lunar day.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tirtha is named in this verse; it provides calendrical and ritual guidance within the Revā Khaṇḍa context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

On Āśvayuja kṛṣṇa caturdaśī: perform snāna (bath), then śrāddha, and then proper worship of Maheśvara (Śiva).