Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

भाद्रपदे सिते पक्षे द्वादशी पुण्यसंयुता । तत्र द्वारावतीतीर्थे मुनिगंधर्वसेविते

Transliteration

bhādrapade site pakṣe dvādaśī puṇyasaṃyutā | tatra dvārāvatītīrthe munigaṃdharvasevite

Translation

Au mois de Bhādrapada, durant la quinzaine claire, au saint jour de Dvādaśī riche en mérite, là, au Tīrtha de Dvārāvatī, honoré par les sages et les Gandharvas.

Word by Word

• भाद्रपदे: in (the month of) Bhādrapada
• भाद्रपदे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाद्रपद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• सिते: bright (white)
• सिते: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying पक्षे)

• पक्षे: in the fortnight
• पक्षे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• द्वादशी: the twelfth lunar day (Dvādāśī)
• द्वादशी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वादशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• पुण्यसंयुता: endowed with merit/auspiciousness
• पुण्यसंयुता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य + संयुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying द्वादशी)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• द्वारावतीतीर्थे: at the Dvārāvatī tīrtha
• द्वारावतीतीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारावती + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• मुनिगंधर्वसेविते: served by sages and gandharvas
• मुनिगंधर्वसेविते: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुनि + गन्धर्व + सेवित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP) ‘served/attended’; विशेषण (qualifying तीर्थे)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārāvatī Tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: brāhmaṇas (viprāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A bright-fortnight Dvādaśī dawn at Dvārāvatī Tīrtha: clear waters, pilgrims assembling, while subtle celestial musicians (gandharvas) hover in the sky and sages sit in meditation along the bank.

Characters & Entities

• Bhādrapada
• Śukla Pakṣa
• Dvādaśī
• Dvārāvatī Tīrtha
• Munis
• Gandharvas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right time (tithi) and right place (tīrtha) together intensify merit in Purāṇic dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārāvatī Tīrtha, celebrated as a place frequented even by sages and celestial Gandharvas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse sets the auspicious occasion—Bhādrapada bright Dvādaśī—preparing for the rites described in the following verse(s).