Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

तत्रोपवासं यः कृत्वा पश्येत विमलेश्वरम् । अष्टम्यां च चतुर्दश्यां सर्वपर्वसु पार्थिव

Transliteration

tatropavāsaṃ yaḥ kṛtvā paśyeta vimaleśvaram | aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ sarvaparvasu pārthiva

Translation

Ô roi, quiconque y observe le jeûne et contemple Vimaleśvara—au huitième jour lunaire, au quatorzième et lors de toutes les fêtes—acquiert un grand mérite.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — indeclinable adverb of place

• उपवासम्: a fast
• उपवासम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — masculine accusative singular

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — masculine nominative singular (relative pronoun)

• कृत्वा: having performed
• कृत्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), धातु: कृ — having done

• पश्येत: should see / behold
• पश्येत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — optative, 3rd sg

• विमलेश्वरम्: Vimaleśvara (the pure Lord)
• विमलेश्वरम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमल-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — masculine accusative singular; समास: विमलः ईश्वरः (कर्मधारय)

• अष्टम्याम्: on the eighth (tithi)
• अष्टम्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — feminine locative singular (on the eighth lunar day)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक निपात) — conjunction

• चतुर्दश्याम्: on the fourteenth (tithi)
• चतुर्दश्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — feminine locative singular (on the fourteenth lunar day)

• सर्वपर्वसु: on all festival days
• सर्वपर्वसु: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-पर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन — neuter locative plural; समास: सर्वाणि पर्वाणि (कर्मधारय)

• पार्थिव: O king
• पार्थिव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन — masculine vocative singular

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vimaleśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārthiva (king) explicitly addressed

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A fasting pilgrim approaches the Vimaleśvara shrine at dusk on caturdaśī; lamps line the path, priests prepare ārati; the moon is thin, indicating the tithi; crowds gather for parva.

Characters & Entities

• Vimaleśvara
• Tithi: Aṣṭamī
• Tithi: Caturdaśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Regular sacred timing (tithi/parva) combined with austerity and darśana intensifies the fruit of pilgrimage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The shrine/manifestation of Śiva as Vimaleśvara in the Revā Khaṇḍa sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Upavāsa (fasting) and Vimaleśvara-darśana particularly on Aṣṭamī, Caturdaśī, and festival days.