Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

विशेषाच्चाश्विने मासि कृष्णपक्षे चतुर्दशीम् । उपोष्य परया भक्त्या सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते

Transliteration

viśeṣāccāśvine māsi kṛṣṇapakṣe caturdaśīm | upoṣya parayā bhaktyā sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

Translation

વિશેષ કરીને આશ્વિન માસના કૃષ્ણપક્ષની ચતુર્દશીએ પરમ ભક્તિથી ઉપવાસ કરવાથી સર્વ પાપોથી મુક્તિ મળે છે।

Word by Word

• viśeṣāt: especially
• viśeṣāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेतौ/विशेषे (especially)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• āśvine: in Āśvina (month)
• āśvine: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āśvina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; मास-विशेषण (month-name adjective)

• māsi: in the month
• māsi: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• kṛṣṇa-pakṣe: in the dark fortnight
• kṛṣṇa-pakṣe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + pakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (कृष्णः पक्षः)

• caturdaśīm: the fourteenth lunar day
• caturdaśīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caturdaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तिथि-नाम

• upoṣya: having fasted
• upoṣya: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-√vas (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)

• parayā: with supreme
• parayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषण (intense/supreme)

• bhaktyā: devotion
• bhaktyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• sarva-pāpaiḥ: from all sins
• sarva-pāpaiḥ: Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (सर्वाणि पापानि)

• pramucyate: is freed
• pramucyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√muc (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive sense)

Speaker

Narrator (instructional voice within Revā-māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Yama-hāseśvara / Revā tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims on the dark-fortnight fourteenth of Āśvina: fasting, hands folded, facing the shrine by Revā; the sky suggests late monsoon/autumn clarity; lamps prepared for night vigil (foreshadowed).

Characters & Entities

• Āśvina māsa
• Kṛṣṇa-pakṣa
• Caturdaśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Time-sanctified observances (tithi-vrata) joined with devotion yield profound purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader Revā-kṣetra context continues, though this verse focuses on the sacred time (Āśvina caturdaśī).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Upavāsa (fasting) on Āśvina kṛṣṇa-pakṣa caturdaśī with parā-bhakti.