Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

अभक्ताय च नाख्येयं नास्तिकाय श्रुतिद्रुहे । अमावास्या यदा सोम जायते सोमवासरे

Transliteration

abhaktāya ca nākhyeyaṃ nāstikāya śrutidruhe | amāvāsyā yadā soma jāyate somavāsare

Translation

Cela ne doit pas être divulgué à celui qui est sans dévotion, ni à l’athée qui trahit le Veda. Lorsque, ô Soma, le jour d’Amāvāsyā (nouvelle lune) tombe un lundi—

Word by Word

• अभक्ताय: to a non-devotee
• अभक्ताय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे चतुर्थी एकवचनम्

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (Conjunction/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• न: not
• न: Avyaya (Negation/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation)

• आख्येयम्: to be disclosed/told
• आख्येयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आख्येय (कृदन्त; √ख्या "to tell/name")
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्; विधेयार्थे (to be told)

• नास्तिकाय: to an atheist
• नास्तिकाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नास्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे चतुर्थी एकवचनम्

• श्रुतिद्रुहे: to one who betrays the Veda
• श्रुतिद्रुहे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रुतिद्रुह् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे चतुर्थी एकवचनम्; समासः श्रुतेः द्रुहः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• अमावास्या: new-moon day
• अमावास्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमावास्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्

• यदा: when
• यदा: Avyaya (Time/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

• सोम: O Soma
• सोम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे सम्बोधन/प्रथमा एकवचनम्; अत्र सम्बोधन

• जायते: occurs, happens
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; आत्मनेपदम्

• सोमवासरे: on Monday
• सोमवासरे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमवासर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे सप्तमी एकवचनम्; समासः सोमस्य वासरः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Śiva (Maheśāna)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Candreśvara (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Soma (Candra)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A solemn instruction scene: the teacher raises a hand in caution, indicating secrecy; in the sky a dark new-moon night is implied, with Monday’s lunar symbolism; a manuscript is partially covered, signifying restricted knowledge.

Characters & Entities

• Soma
• Śruti (Veda)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred teachings require adhikāra—faith and reverence for śruti are prerequisites for receiving esoteric observances.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The context remains the Candreśvara-liṅga tradition in Kāśī, now introducing a special calendrical conjunction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A special focus is introduced: Amāvāsyā occurring on Somavāra (Monday), to be followed by a specific observance described next.