Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

विशेषाच्चैत्रमासान्ते तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु । केदारे चैव यत्पुण्यं गङ्गासागरसङ्गमे

Transliteration

viśeṣāccaitramāsānte tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu | kedāre caiva yatpuṇyaṃ gaṅgāsāgarasaṅgame

Translation

Écoute, tout particulièrement, le fruit du mérite à la fin du mois de Caitra. Le mérite acquis à Kedāra, et au lieu où le Gaṅgā rejoint l’océan—

Word by Word

• विशेषात्: from (a) special reason; especially
• विशेषात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• चैत्रमासान्ते: at the end of the month of Caitra
• चैत्रमासान्ते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चैत्र-मास-अन्त (प्रातिपदिक; चैत्र + मास + अन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी/तत्पुरुष (चैत्रस्य मासस्य अन्तः)

• तस्य: of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• पुण्यफलम्: merit-fruit; reward of merit
• पुण्यफलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य-फल (प्रातिपदिक; पुण्य + फल)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुष (पुण्यस्य फलम्)

• शृणु: hear; listen
• शृणु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• केदारे: in Kedāra
• केदारे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केदार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Avadharana (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• यत्: which; whatever
• यत्: Visheshya (Correlative/relative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun)

• पुण्यम्: merit
• पुण्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन

• गङ्गासागरसङ्गमे: at the confluence of the Gaṅgā and the ocean
• गङ्गासागरसङ्गमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा-सागर-सङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक; गङ्गा + सागर + सङ्गम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुष (गङ्गायाः सागरस्य च सङ्गमः)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience (ṛṣis/śrotṛs implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator proclaims the special merit of Caitra month-end, visually juxtaposing Revā’s flowing riverbank with distant icons: snow-clad Kedāra shrine and the vast ocean confluence at Gaṅgā-sāgara.

Characters & Entities

• Caitra (month)
• Kedāra
• Gaṅgāsāgara (Gaṅgā–Ocean confluence)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Time (kāla)—especially sacred month-end moments—magnifies the merit of tīrtha-based rites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra and Gaṅgāsāgara are cited as benchmark tīrthas while teaching the Reva Khaṇḍa rite’s greatness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An emphasis on performing the rite at Caitra-māsa’s end for special merit (the continuation specifies the comparative fruits).