Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

विशेषाच्चाश्विने मासि कृष्णपक्षे चतुर्दशीम् । उपोष्य परया भक्त्या सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते

Transliteration

viśeṣāccāśvine māsi kṛṣṇapakṣe caturdaśīm | upoṣya parayā bhaktyā sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

Translation

Surtout, au mois d’Āśvina, le quatorzième jour lunaire de la quinzaine sombre, en jeûnant avec une dévotion suprême, on est délivré de tous les péchés.

Word by Word

• viśeṣāt: especially
• viśeṣāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेतौ/विशेषे (especially)

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

• āśvine: in Āśvina (month)
• āśvine: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āśvina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; मास-विशेषण (month-name adjective)

• māsi: in the month
• māsi: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• kṛṣṇa-pakṣe: in the dark fortnight
• kṛṣṇa-pakṣe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + pakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (कृष्णः पक्षः)

• caturdaśīm: the fourteenth lunar day
• caturdaśīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caturdaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तिथि-नाम

• upoṣya: having fasted
• upoṣya: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-√vas (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)

• parayā: with supreme
• parayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषण (intense/supreme)

• bhaktyā: devotion
• bhaktyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• sarva-pāpaiḥ: from all sins
• sarva-pāpaiḥ: Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (सर्वाणि पापानि)

• pramucyate: is freed
• pramucyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√muc (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive sense)

Speaker

Narrator (instructional voice within Revā-māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Yama-hāseśvara / Revā tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims on the dark-fortnight fourteenth of Āśvina: fasting, hands folded, facing the shrine by Revā; the sky suggests late monsoon/autumn clarity; lamps prepared for night vigil (foreshadowed).

Characters & Entities

• Āśvina māsa
• Kṛṣṇa-pakṣa
• Caturdaśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Time-sanctified observances (tithi-vrata) joined with devotion yield profound purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader Revā-kṣetra context continues, though this verse focuses on the sacred time (Āśvina caturdaśī).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Upavāsa (fasting) on Āśvina kṛṣṇa-pakṣa caturdaśī with parā-bhakti.