Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

ज्येष्ठे मासि सिते पक्षे चतुर्दश्यामुपोषितः । द्वादश्यां कारयेद्देवपूजनं वैष्णवो नरः

Transliteration

jyeṣṭhe māsi site pakṣe caturdaśyāmupoṣitaḥ | dvādaśyāṃ kārayeddevapūjanaṃ vaiṣṇavo naraḥ

Translation

Pada bulan Jyeṣṭha, di paruh terang, setelah berpuasa pada tithi keempat belas, seorang Vaiṣṇava hendaknya menyelenggarakan pemujaan kepada Tuhan pada tithi Dvādaśī.

Word by Word

• ज्येष्ठे: in (the month of) Jyeṣṭha
• ज्येष्ठे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्येष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; मास-विशेषण (in the month-name ‘Jyeṣṭha’)

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

• सिते: in the bright (white)
• सिते: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; पक्ष-विशेषण

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

• चतुर्दश्याम्: on the fourteenth lunar day
• चतुर्दश्याम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• उपोषितः: having fasted
• उपोषितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप-उष् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत् (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे ‘having fasted’

• द्वादश्याम्: on the twelfth lunar day
• द्वादश्याम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वादशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• कारयेत्: should cause to be done / should perform (by arranging)
• कारयेत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) [णिच् causative: कारयति]
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative)

• देवपूजनम्: worship of the deity/deities
• देवपूजनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + पूजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (देवस्य पूजनम्)

• वैष्णवः: a Vaiṣṇava
• वैष्णवः: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैष्णव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नर-विशेषण

• नरः: man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā tīrtha (general)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: राजेन्द्र (a king addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Vaiṣṇava pilgrim in clean white garments prepares offerings—tulasī, lamps, incense—consulting a pañcāṅga for Jyeṣṭha śukla tithis, with the Narmadā flowing nearby and a small Viṣṇu shrine set for worship.

Characters & Entities

• Jyeṣṭha (month)
• Vaiṣṇava (devotee of Viṣṇu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Time (tithi and month) sanctifies practice; properly timed fasting and worship deepen Vaiṣṇava devotion and merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The observance is taught within the Revā/Narmadā māhātmya framework, implying practice at Narmadā tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A Jyeṣṭha bright-fortnight observance involving fasting on caturdaśī and performing devapūjā on dvādaśī.