Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

प्रतिपद्दर्शषष्ठीषु नवम्यां रविवासरे । दंतानां काष्ठसंयोगो दहेदासप्तमं कुलम्

Transliteration

pratipaddarśaṣaṣṭhīṣu navamyāṃ ravivāsare | daṃtānāṃ kāṣṭhasaṃyogo dahedāsaptamaṃ kulam

Translation

Aux jours de pratipad (premier jour lunaire), de darśa/amāvāsyā (nouvelle lune), au sixième, au neuvième, et les dimanches—il est dit que l’usage du bâtonnet de bois pour les dents consume la lignée jusqu’à la septième génération.

Word by Word

• प्रतिपत्: the first lunar day (pratipad)
• प्रतिपत्: Samānādhikaraṇa within list (enumerative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिपद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन (नामरूपेण; तिथिनाम)

• दर्श: new-moon day (darśa)
• दर्श: Samānādhikaraṇa within list
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्श (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन (तिथिनाम; अमावास्या/दर्श)

• षष्ठीषु: on the sixth lunar days
• षष्ठीषु: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्ठी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), बहुवचन; तिथिनाम

• नवम्याम्: on the ninth lunar day
• नवम्याम्: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नवमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; तिथिनाम

• रविवासरे: on Sunday
• रविवासरे: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि + वासर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः: तत्पुरुष (रवेः वासरः)

• दंतानाम्: of the teeth
• दंतानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• काष्ठसंयोगः: contact with a stick/wood (for teeth)
• काष्ठसंयोगः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काष्ठ + संयोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (काष्ठस्य संयोगः)

• दहेत्: would burn/destroy
• दहेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दह् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• आ: up to
• आ: Limit marker (पर्यन्त)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण/पर्यन्तवाचक (up to)

• सप्तमम्: seventh
• सप्तमम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कुलम् इति विशेष्ये

• कुलम्: family/lineage
• कुलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (deduced, Brāhma Khaṇḍa narration style)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calendar-like depiction: lunar phases and a sun emblem for Sunday; a devotee refrains from using a tooth-stick, hands folded in restraint, choosing alternative cleansing.

Characters & Entities

• Pratipad
• Darśa (Amāvāsyā)
• Ṣaṣṭhī
• Navamī
• Ravivāra
• Dantakāṣṭha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma extends to time-discipline: certain acts are regulated by sacred calendrical sensitivity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; the verse concerns tithi-vāra (lunar-day and weekday) prohibitions.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Avoid using a wooden tooth-stick on pratipad, amāvāsyā, ṣaṣṭhī, navamī, and on Sundays.