Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

नवमी कार्तिके शुक्ला तृतीया माधवे सिता । अमावास्या च तपसो नभस्यस्य त्रयोदशी

Transliteration

navamī kārtike śuklā tṛtīyā mādhave sitā | amāvāsyā ca tapaso nabhasyasya trayodaśī

Translation

Śukla Navamī pada bulan Kārtika; Śukla Tṛtīyā pada bulan Mādhava (Vaiśākha); Amāvasyā pada bulan Tapasya (Phālguna); dan Trayodaśī pada bulan Nabhasya (Bhādrapada)—inilah hari-hari yugādi yang dicintai para Pitṛ.

Word by Word

• navamī: the ninth lunar day (Navamī)
• navamī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: navamī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तिथिनाम (name of lunar day)

• kārtike: in (the month of) Kārtika
• kārtike: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārtika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; मासवाचक (month-name)

• śuklā: bright (fortnight)
• śuklā: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śukla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying tithi)

• tṛtīyā: the third lunar day (Tṛtīyā)
• tṛtīyā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tṛtīyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तिथिनाम

• mādhave: in (the month of) Mādhava (Caitra)
• mādhave: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mādhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; मासवाचक

• sitā: white/bright
• sitā: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying tithi)

• amāvāsyā: new-moon day (Amāvāsyā)
• amāvāsyā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amāvāsyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तिथिनाम (new-moon day)

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

• tapasaḥ: of Tapas (month)
• tapasaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; मासवाचक (Tapas = month-name)

• nabhasyasya: of Nabhasya (month)
• nabhasyasya: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nabhasya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; मासवाचक (Nabhasya = month-name)

• trayodaśī: the thirteenth lunar day (Trayodaśī)
• trayodaśī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: trayodaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तिथिनाम (thirteenth lunar day)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pitṛ-vallabha Yugādi Tithis

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: rājendra (a king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic lunar calendar with highlighted dates: Kārtika śukla navamī, Vaiśākha śukla tṛtīyā, Phālguna amāvāsyā, Bhādrapada trayodaśī; Pitṛs shown as pleased guardians of time.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs (ancestors)
• Kārtika
• Vaiśākha (Mādhava)
• Phālguna (Tapasya)
• Bhādrapada (Nabhasya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual life is oriented by sacred thresholds; observing yugādi tithis supports purification and ancestral contentment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is calendrical; it highlights sacred dates rather than naming a single pilgrimage destination.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Identification of specific tithis (yugādis) suitable for Pitṛ-priya observances such as snāna, dāna, and tarpaṇa.