Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 102

Devanagari script

त्रिभिः प्रसृतिमात्राभिः पापं याति सहस्रधा । विशेषेण चतुर्दश्यामुभौ पक्षौ तु चाष्टमी

Transliteration

tribhiḥ prasṛtimātrābhiḥ pāpaṃ yāti sahasradhā | viśeṣeṇa caturdaśyāmubhau pakṣau tu cāṣṭamī

Translation

Par trois simples mesures de la paume, le péché se brise au millième—surtout le quatorzième jour lunaire (dans l’une ou l’autre quinzaine), et aussi le huitième.

Word by Word

• त्रिभिः: by three
• त्रिभिः: Karana (Instrument-qualifier/करण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन; ‘प्रसृतिमात्राभिः’ विशेषणम्

• प्रसृतिमात्राभिः: by measures of a prasṛti (handful)
• प्रसृतिमात्राभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसृति-मात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (प्रसृतेः मात्रा)

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• याति: goes (becomes)
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• सहस्रधा: a thousandfold
• सहस्रधा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रधा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/परिमाण-अव्यय (in a thousandfold manner)

• विशेषेण: especially
• विशेषेण: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणार्थे (especially)

• चतुर्दश्याम्: on the fourteenth lunar day
• चतुर्दश्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• उभौ: both
• उभौ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उभ (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; ‘पक्षौ’ विशेषणम्

• पक्षौ: fortnights (waxing and waning halves)
• पक्षौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अवधारण-अव्यय (but/indeed)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• अष्टमी: the eighth lunar day
• अष्टमी: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (अत्र ‘विशेषेण’ इत्यन्वयेन कालवाचकः)

Speaker

Śiva (as narrator of the māhātmya) to the king (listener)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Luṅkeśvara (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee measures sacred water in cupped hands three times; a lunar calendar motif shows caturdaśī moon and aṣṭamī phase; sin depicted as brittle shards breaking apart.

Characters & Entities

• Luṅkeśvara (implied continuation)
• Caturdaśī
• Aṣṭamī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred acts gain intensified fruit when performed with proper measure and auspicious timing (tithi) in a tīrtha setting.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ongoing Luṅkeśvara/Liṅgeśvara tīrtha praise within Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Taking holy water in a specified measure (three prasṛtis), with special emphasis on Caturdaśī and Aṣṭamī.