Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

विशेषेण तु कुर्वीत श्राद्धं सर्वयुगादिषु । मन्वन्तरादयो वत्स श्रूयन्तां च चतुर्दश

Transliteration

viśeṣeṇa tu kurvīta śrāddhaṃ sarvayugādiṣu | manvantarādayo vatsa śrūyantāṃ ca caturdaśa

Translation

Tout particulièrement, on doit accomplir le Śrāddha avec soin à tous les commencements des Yuga et aux autres conjonctions sacrées. À présent, cher enfant, écoute les quatorze (périodes saintes) à partir des Manvantara.

Word by Word

• विशेषेण: especially
• विशेषेण: Modifier (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-एकवचनरूपेण क्रियाविशेषणवत् (instrumental used adverbially: 'especially')

• तु: indeed
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधसूचक-निपात (particle: 'but/indeed')

• कुर्वीत: should perform
• कुर्वीत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• सर्वयुगादिषु: in all yugas and the like (occasions)
• सर्वयुगादिषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + युग (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• मन्वन्तरादयः: Manvantaras and others
• मन्वन्तरादयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्वन्तर (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• वत्स: O dear one/child
• वत्स: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्स (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• श्रूयन्ताम्: let (them) be heard / listen (to them)
• श्रूयन्ताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), आत्मनेपद, कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive sense: 'let them be heard')

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction: 'and')

• चतुर्दश: fourteen
• चतुर्दश: Sankhya (Numeral qualifier/संख्या)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्दश (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्याशब्दः; प्रथमा-बहुवचनार्थे (numeral used predicatively: 'fourteen')

Speaker

Deductive (Revākhaṇḍa narrative voice; likely a senior sage/teacher addressing a disciple)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Uttānapāda

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Īśvara instructs about performing śrāddha especially at yuga-beginnings and other cosmic thresholds; a visual overlay of cosmic cycles (yugas/manvantaras) above a riverbank ritual scene.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śrāddha gains heightened potency when performed at cosmically significant time-junctions like Yuga beginnings and Manvantara-related periods.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse emphasizes sacred time (kāla) more than a single site; it belongs to the Revā Khaṇḍa milieu connected with the Revā (Narmadā) region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform Śrāddha especially on Yuga-beginnings and other major calendrical/cosmic junctures, with a forthcoming list of fourteen such periods.