Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 112

Devanagari script

मन्वादौ च युगादौ च व्यतीपाते दिनक्षये । यो दद्यात्पितृमातृभ्यः सोऽश्वमेधफलं लभेत्

Transliteration

manvādau ca yugādau ca vyatīpāte dinakṣaye | yo dadyātpitṛmātṛbhyaḥ so'śvamedhaphalaṃ labhet

Translation

Pada awal Manvantara, pada awal Yuga, pada saat Vyatīpāta, dan pada penghujung hari—siapa pun yang memberi persembahan kepada para leluhur dan para ibu, memperoleh buah Aśvamedha.

Word by Word

• मन्वादौ: at the beginning of a Manvantara
• मन्वादौ: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति; एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मन्वन्तरस्य आदौ); कालाधिकरण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• युगादौ: at the beginning of a yuga
• युगादौ: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति; एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (युगस्य आदौ); कालाधिकरण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• व्यतीपाते: on Vyatīpāta (occasion)
• व्यतीपाते: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यतीपात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति; एकवचन; पर्वविशेष (astronomical occasion); कालाधिकरण

• दिनक्षये: at day’s end
• दिनक्षये: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन + क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति; एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (दिनस्य क्षये); कालाधिकरण

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम

• दद्यात्: should give
• दद्यात्: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) → दद्यात्
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पितृमातृभ्यः: to the fathers and mothers (ancestors)
• पितृमातृभ्यः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ + मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/Dative); बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (to fathers and mothers/ancestors)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; अन्वय-सर्वनाम (correlative)

• अश्वमेधफलम्: the fruit of the Aśvamedha sacrifice
• अश्वमेधफलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वमेध + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (अश्वमेधस्य फलम्)

• लभेत्: would obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु) → लभेत्
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Asmāhaka

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A liminal-time ritual: sunset (dinakṣaya) on a riverbank, with a priest marking vyatīpāta/auspicious conjunction; offerings made to pitṛs and mātṛs; a symbolic horse-sacrifice motif appears as a faint celestial emblem indicating Aśvamedha-equivalence.

Characters & Entities

• Manvādī
• Yugādī
• Vyatīpāta
• Pitṛs
• Mātṛs
• Aśvamedha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Giving at sacred times (kāla-viśeṣa) and honoring one’s lineage magnifies merit to the level of royal sacrifices.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse foregrounds sacred times more than a named site; it continues the Revā Khaṇḍa dharma context of tīrtha-based merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Charitable giving/offerings (dāna) directed to pitṛs and mātṛs on manvādi, yugādi, vyatīpāta, and at day’s end.