Shloka 180 - Adhyaya 6 - Ayodhya Mahatmya - Vishnu Khanda | French | Vedapath

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Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 180

Devanagari script

कार्तिक्यां च विशेषेण स्नातव्यं विजितेन्द्रियैः । कार्तिके मासि विप्रर्षे सर्वे देवाः सवासवाः । स्नातुमायान्त्ययोध्यायां गोप्रतारे विशेषतः

Transliteration

kārtikyāṃ ca viśeṣeṇa snātavyaṃ vijitendriyaiḥ | kārtike māsi viprarṣe sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ | snātumāyāntyayodhyāyāṃ gopratāre viśeṣataḥ

Translation

Et surtout en Kārtikā, ceux qui ont vaincu leurs sens doivent se baigner. Ô le meilleur des brāhmaṇas, au mois de Kārtika tous les dieux—avec Indra—viennent à Ayodhyā pour se baigner, tout particulièrement à Gopratāra.

Word by Word

कार्तिक्याम्in (the month of) Kārtikā

चand

विशेषेणespecially

स्नातव्यम्should be bathed (one should bathe)

विजितेन्द्रियैःby those who have conquered the senses

कार्तिकेin Kārtika

मासिin the month

विप्रर्षेO brahmin-sage

सर्वेall

देवाःgods

सवासवाःtogether with Indra

स्नातुम्to bathe

आयान्तिcome

अयोध्यायाम्in Ayodhyā

गोप्रतारेat Gopratāra

विशेषतःparticularly

Speaker

Brahmā (deduced: Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa tīrtha-māhātmya instruction to a brāhmaṇa interlocutor)

Characters & Entities

Kārtika

Ayodhyā

Gopratāra

Indra (Vāsava)

Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kārtika is a uniquely potent sacred period; sense-control plus tīrtha-snānā yields exceptional merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gopratāra Tīrtha in Ayodhyā, highlighted as a favored bathing place even for the devas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing during Kārtika, ideally by those practicing indriya-jaya (sense-restraint), specifically at Gopratāra.