Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

प्रतिपद्दिवसस्यास्य प्रथमस्य तथा गतम् । यामद्वयं शुक्रवारे वर्तमाने महात्मनः

Transliteration

pratipaddivasasyāsya prathamasya tathā gatam | yāmadvayaṃ śukravāre vartamāne mahātmanaḥ

Translation

En ce premier jour de Pratipad, deux yāmas se sont déjà écoulés ; à présent c’est vendredi, ô grande âme.

Word by Word

• pratipat-divasasya: of the Pratipadā day
• pratipat-divasasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pratipat + divasa (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — ‘प्रतिपत्-दिवसस्य’ (of the Pratipadā day)

• asya: of this
• asya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंस, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — ‘अस्य’ (of this)

• prathamasya: of the first
• prathamasya: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prathama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंस, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — ‘प्रथमस्य’ (of the first)

• tathā: thus
• tathā: Kriya-visheshana (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकारवाचक) — ‘thus/so’

• gatam: has passed/elapsed
• gatam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘गतम्’ (gone/elapsed)

• yāmadvayam: two yāmas (two watches)
• yāmadvayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yāma + dvaya (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — ‘याम-द्वयम्’ (two yāmas; two watches)

• śukravāre: on Friday
• śukravāre: Adhikarana (Location/Time locus अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śukravāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन — ‘शुक्रवारे’ (on Friday)

• vartamāne: while it is in progress
• vartamāne: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vṛt (धातु) + śatṛ (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान-कर्तरि), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंस, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन — ‘वर्तमाने’ (while occurring/being current)

• mahātmanaḥ: of the great-souled (one)
• mahātmanaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — ‘महात्मनः’ (of the great-souled one)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: mahātman (addressed as 'O great one')

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator marks time on a water-clock or sundial; the moon’s tithi is indicated, and a Friday atmosphere is suggested by a Śukra (Venus) motif; two yāmas are shown as two segments filled on a time-wheel.

Characters & Entities

• Pratipad
• Śukravāra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred acts are tied to precise time—tithi and vāra matter in Purāṇic dharma and tīrtha observance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named in this verse; it marks the ritual-calendar timing within the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; it provides calendrical timing (Pratipad, Friday, yāmas elapsed).