Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

क्षपयित्वा पक्षमेकं मधुमासस्य सा स्थिता । अमावास्यां ततो राज्ञी गता पर्वतसन्निधौ

Transliteration

kṣapayitvā pakṣamekaṃ madhumāsasya sā sthitā | amāvāsyāṃ tato rājñī gatā parvatasannidhau

Translation

Après avoir achevé une quinzaine entière du mois de Madhu, elle demeura constante. Puis, au jour d’amāvasyā (nouvelle lune), la reine se rendit près de la montagne.

Word by Word

• क्षपयित्वा: having spent
• क्षपयित्वा: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षपय् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund); अव्ययभाव; 'having spent/caused to pass'

• पक्षम्: fortnight
• पक्षम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कालवाचक

• एकम्: one
• एकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• मधुमासस्य: of the month Madhu (spring month)
• मधुमासस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु + मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुष (मधु-मास)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्थिता: stayed, remained
• स्थिता: Kriya (State)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अमावास्याम्: on the new-moon day
• अमावास्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमावास्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कालवाचक

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तदनन्तर (thereafter)

• राज्ञी: the queen
• राज्ञी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्ञी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• गता: went
• गता: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पर्वतसन्निधौ: near the mountain
• पर्वतसन्निधौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत + सन्निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पर्वतस्य सन्निधिः)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Revā Khaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Unnamed Parvata-sannidhi (Revākhaṇḍa)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Uttānapāda

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A montage-like scene: Bhānumatī completing a fortnightly observance in Madhu-māsa, then traveling on Amāvāsyā toward a looming sacred mountain at dusk/dawn.

Characters & Entities

• rājñī (queen)
• Madhu-māsa
• Amāvāsyā
• parvata (mountain)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma binds place and time: steadfast practice over a set period, culminating on amāvāsyā, intensifies the fruit of a vow.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse points to a mountain-associated sacred locale within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative landscape (Narmadā-region tīrthas), where timed observances bear special merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observing a fortnight-long discipline in Madhu-māsa and proceeding on amāvāsyā—an auspicious ritual calendrical marker.