Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

षष्ठ्यष्टम्योर्वसेत्पापं तैले मांसे सदैव हि । चतुर्दश्यां पञ्चदश्यां तथैव च क्षुरे भगे

Transliteration

ṣaṣṭhyaṣṭamyorvasetpāpaṃ taile māṃse sadaiva hi | caturdaśyāṃ pañcadaśyāṃ tathaiva ca kṣure bhage

Translation

Au sixième et au huitième jour lunaire, on dit que le péché demeure dans l’huile et dans la viande. De même, au quatorzième et au quinzième, on dit qu’il demeure dans le rasoir et dans la jouissance sexuelle.

Word by Word

• षष्ठ्यष्टम्योः: on the sixth and eighth (lunar days)
• षष्ठ्यष्टम्योः: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्ठी (प्रातिपदिक) + अष्टमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), द्विवचन; द्वन्द्वसमासः (षष्ठी च अष्टमी च)

• वसेत्: would dwell/remain
• वसेत्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पापम्: sin/evil
• पापम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• तैले: in oil
• तैले: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तैल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• मांसे: in meat
• मांसे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मांस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक (adverb)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• हि: for/indeed
• हि: Sambandha/Reason particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (causal/emphatic particle)

• चतुर्दश्याम्: on the fourteenth (lunar day)
• चतुर्दश्याम्: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• पञ्चदश्याम्: on the fifteenth (lunar day)
• पञ्चदश्याम्: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चदशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (adverb)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• क्षुरे: in a razor
• क्षुरे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• भगे: in the vulva/sexual organ
• भगे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

Speaker

Deductive (sectional narration; likely Sūta speaking in a dharma-teaching passage)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A lunar calendar motif with highlighted tithis; a devotee setting aside oil and meat on ṣaṣṭhī/aṣṭamī; on caturdaśī/pañcadaśī, a razor placed aside and a couple practicing restraint, turning toward a shrine lamp.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Time-discipline (tithi-niyama) refines conduct; restraint on certain days supports purity and vrata-like living.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is referenced; it is a calendrical purity rule.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Avoid (or treat with caution) oil and meat on ṣaṣṭhī/aṣṭamī, and avoid shaving and sexual indulgence on caturdaśī/pañcadaśī.