Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

सचैलः क्लिन्नवसनो मौनमास्थाय संयतः । अष्टम्यां वा चतुर्दश्यामुपोष्य विधिवन्नरः

Transliteration

sacailaḥ klinnavasano maunamāsthāya saṃyataḥ | aṣṭamyāṃ vā caturdaśyāmupoṣya vidhivannaraḥ

Translation

Vêtu de ses habits et les gardant humides, observant le silence et la maîtrise de soi, l’homme doit jeûner selon la règle, au huitième jour lunaire ou au quatorzième.

Word by Word

• सचैलः: wearing clothes (with garment on)
• सचैलः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-चैल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st); एकवचन; विशेषण (नरः इति); ‘चैलसहितः’

• क्लिन्नवसनः: with wet garments
• क्लिन्नवसनः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्लिन्न-वसन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st); एकवचन; विशेषण (नरः इति)

• मौनम्: silence (vow of silence)
• मौनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मौन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd); एकवचन

• आस्थाय: having undertaken
• आस्थाय: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); ‘आश्रित्य/स्वीकृत्य’

• संयतः: self-controlled
• संयतः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संयत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st); एकवचन; विशेषण (नरः इति)

• अष्टम्याम्: on the eighth (lunar day)
• अष्टम्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th); एकवचन; कालाधिकरण

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक-निपात

• चतुर्दश्याम्: on the fourteenth (lunar day)
• चतुर्दश्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th); एकवचन; कालाधिकरण

• उपोष्य: having fasted
• उपोष्य: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-वस् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); उपवासं कृत्वा (having fasted)

• विधिवत्: according to the prescribed rite
• विधिवत्: Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb: ‘according to rule’)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st); एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aṅkūreśvara-tīrtha (vrata context)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vow-observer stands or sits by the river with wet garments clinging, finger to lips indicating silence, a simple water-pot nearby; the moon phase is shown (Aṣṭamī or Caturdaśī) in the sky; the atmosphere is austere and focused.

Characters & Entities

• Aṣṭamī
• Caturdaśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit at a tīrtha is intensified by austerity—silence, restraint, and fasting performed in a prescribed manner.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The vrata is described as part of the observances at Aṅkūreśvara-tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Upavāsa (fasting) on Aṣṭamī or Caturdaśī, with mauna and self-restraint; maintaining wet garments is also specified.