Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

श्रावणस्य सिते पक्षे पौर्णमास्यां समाहितः । ऋषिं तर्पयते यस्तु ब्रह्मलोकं स गच्छति

Transliteration

śrāvaṇasya site pakṣe paurṇamāsyāṃ samāhitaḥ | ṛṣiṃ tarpayate yastu brahmalokaṃ sa gacchati

Translation

Dans la quinzaine claire de Śrāvaṇa, au jour de pleine lune, quiconque, l’esprit recueilli, offre le tarpaṇa aux ṛṣi atteint le Brahmaloka.

Word by Word

• श्रावणस्य: of (the month) Śrāvaṇa
• श्रावणस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrāvaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• सिते: in the bright (white)
• सिते: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying)

• पक्षे: fortnight
• पक्षे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• पौर्णमास्याम्: on the full-moon day
• पौर्णमास्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paurṇamāsī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• समाहितः: composed, attentive
• समाहितः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-dhā (धातु) → samāhita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘collected/intent’

• ऋषिम्: a sage
• ऋषिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• तर्पयते: satisfies (with offerings)
• तर्पयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tṛp (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोगः (causative sense: ‘satisfies/offers libation’)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-सर्वनाम

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• ब्रह्मलोकम्: Brahmā’s world
• ब्रह्मलोकम्: Karma (Goal/कर्म-गति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahma-loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्मणः लोकः)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• गच्छति: goes
• गच्छति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (deduced, Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vasiṣṭha-tīrtha (Arbuda)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śrāvaṇa full moon over Arbuda hills; the devotee stands by a water source, offering tarpaṇa with cupped hands; Vasiṣṭha’s presence is invoked; above, Brahmaloka is shown as a radiant lotus-like realm with Brahmā and sages.

Characters & Entities

• Śrāvaṇa (month)
• Paurṇamāsī (full moon)
• Ṛṣi (Vasiṣṭha implied)
• Brahmaloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Timing (tithi and month) joined with devotion and proper rites magnifies merit, leading to exalted spiritual attainments.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The rite is situated in the Vasiṣṭhāśrama milieu of Arbuda Khaṇḍa, where ṛṣi-tarpaṇa is especially fruitful.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ṛṣi-tarpaṇa on Śrāvaṇa bright-fortnight Paurṇimā, performed with a collected mind.