Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

क्षौरं चैवोपनयनं महानाम्न्यादिकं तथा । क्रियाकर्मादिकं यच्च व्रतं दानोपवासकम्

Transliteration

kṣauraṃ caivopanayanaṃ mahānāmnyādikaṃ tathā | kriyākarmādikaṃ yacca vrataṃ dānopavāsakam

Translation

De même, la tonsure, l’upanayana (initiation), le mahānāma et les autres observances; et quels que soient les rites et cérémonies : vœux, aumônes et jeûnes.

Word by Word

• क्षौरम्: tonsure ceremony
• क्षौरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣaura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

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

• एव: indeed, also
• एव: Vākyālaṅkāra (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण/emphasis)

• उपनयनम्: initiation (sacred-thread) ceremony
• उपनयनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upanayana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• महानाम्नि-आदिकम्: the Mahānāmnī rite and others
• महानाम्नि-आदिकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + nāman (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास: (महानाम्नि ‘in/with great name’ + आदिक) = ‘Mahānāmnī etc.’

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/रीतिवाचक adverb: ‘also/likewise’)

• क्रिया-कर्म-आदिकम्: rites and ritual acts, etc.
• क्रिया-कर्म-आदिकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kriyā (प्रातिपदिक) + karman (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्व: ‘rites and ritual acts, etc.’

• यत्: which/whatever
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक relative pronoun

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

• व्रतम्: vow, observance
• व्रतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• दान-उपवासकम्: involving charity and fasting
• दान-उपवासकम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dāna (प्रातिपदिक) + upavāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास (दान + उपवास) तद्धितान्त/विशेषणार्थ: ‘consisting of giving and fasting’

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (frame implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sequence tableau: a child’s tonsure, a sacred-thread ceremony, then devotees observing fasts and giving charity; the kṣetra’s āśrama/temple anchors all scenes.

Characters & Entities

• upanayana
• kṣaura
• vrata
• dāna
• upavāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is comprehensive—life-cycle rites, vows, charity, and fasting together shape a disciplined sacred life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Dharmāraṇya setting frames these prescriptions as practices suited to a sanctified region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Kṣaura (tonsure), upanayana, other observances, and practices such as vrata (vows), dāna (charity), and upavāsa (fasting).