Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

आश्विने कृष्णपक्षे च चतुर्दश्या दिने नृप । तत्र स्नात्वा च पीत्वा च सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते

Transliteration

āśvine kṛṣṇapakṣe ca caturdaśyā dine nṛpa | tatra snātvā ca pītvā ca sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

Translation

Ô roi, au quatorzième jour lunaire de la quinzaine sombre d’Āśvina, celui qui s’y baigne et en boit aussi (l’eau) est délivré de tous les péchés.

Word by Word

• आश्विने: in (the month of) Āśvina
• आश्विने: Adhikarana (Time-locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्विन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; मास-नाम; अधिकरणम्

• कृष्णपक्षे: in the dark fortnight
• कृष्णपक्षे: Adhikarana (Time-locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण + पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (कृष्णः पक्षः); अधिकरणम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• चतुर्दश्याः: of the fourteenth (lunar day)
• चतुर्दश्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; (दिने) विशेषण-सम्बन्धः

• दिने: on the day
• दिने: Adhikarana (Time-locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; अधिकरणम् (काले)

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• पीत्वा: having drunk
• पीत्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सर्वपापैः: from all sins
• सर्वपापैः: Apadana (Ablative sense/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; अपादानार्थे तृतीया (पापैः = पापेभ्यः)

• प्रमुच्यते: is released/freed
• प्रमुच्यते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; उपसर्गः प्र-

Speaker

Deductive: a Purāṇic narrator addressing a king

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Deva-majjana

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (nṛpa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at dawn on Āśvina dark fortnight caturdaśī bathing at a bright ghāṭa; some cup water to drink; moon waning in sky, lamps on steps, priests guiding sankalpa.

Characters & Entities

• Āśvina
• Kṛṣṇa-pakṣa
• Caturdaśī
• Deva-majjana (contextual tīrtha)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right time (kāla) joined with right place (deśa/tīrtha) amplifies purification and supports dharmic renewal.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ‘there’ refers to the praised tīrtha in this passage—Deva-majjana within the Dharmāraṇya sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

On Āśvina kṛṣṇa-caturdaśī, perform snāna (bathing) and peya (drinking the tīrtha-water) for sarva-pāpa-kṣaya.