Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

आश्विनस्य सिते पक्षे दशम्यादि यथाक्रमम् । यस्तत्र कुरुते श्राद्धं यावत्पंचदशी तिथिः

Transliteration

āśvinasya site pakṣe daśamyādi yathākramam | yastatra kurute śrāddhaṃ yāvatpaṃcadaśī tithiḥ

Translation

Dans la quinzaine claire d’Āśvina, en commençant, selon l’ordre prescrit, au dixième jour lunaire—quiconque y accomplit le śrāddha jusqu’au quinzième tithi (pleine lune)…

Word by Word

• āśvinasya: of Āśvina (month)
• āśvinasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āśvina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• site: in the bright (white)
• site: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; 'pakṣe' इत्यस्य विशेषण

• pakṣe: fortnight
• pakṣe: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• daśamī-ādi: starting from the tenth (tithi)
• daśamī-ādi: Adhikarana (Time-span/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daśamī (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; 'beginning with the tenth'

• yathā-kramam: in due order
• yathā-kramam: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय) + krama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

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

• kurute: does; performs
• kurute: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• śrāddham: śrāddha rite
• śrāddham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrāddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• yāvat: up to; until
• yāvat: Adhikarana (Limit/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधिसूचक (limit marker 'up to')

• pañcadaśī: fifteenth
• pañcadaśī: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañca (प्रातिपदिक) + daśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; 'tithiḥ' इत्यस्य विशेषण

• tithiḥ: lunar day (tithi)
• tithiḥ: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tithi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bālamaṇḍana

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dviśreṣṭhāḥ (sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims and householders at the tīrtha during Āśvina śukla pakṣa, offering piṇḍa and water libations (tarpaṇa) on the riverbank/ghāṭ, with priests guiding the sequence from Daśamī to Paurṇimā.

Characters & Entities

• Āśvina (month)
• Śrāddha
• Tithi (Daśamī to Pañcadaśī)
• Bālamaṇḍana (implied tīrtha)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred time (kāla) and sacred place (tīrtha) together intensify the efficacy of pitṛ-karmas like śrāddha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bālamaṇḍana tīrtha (the ‘there’ in context).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform śrāddha at the tīrtha during Āśvina śukla pakṣa from Daśamī through Pañcadaśī (Pūrṇimā).