Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

न तेन सदृशं किंचिद्व्यतीपातादिसंक्रमम् । अयने द्वे च न तथा पुण्यात्पुण्यतरं यथा

Transliteration

na tena sadṛśaṃ kiṃcidvyatīpātādisaṃkramam | ayane dve ca na tathā puṇyātpuṇyataraṃ yathā

Translation

ヴャティーパータなどのいかなる天文上の合（こう）も、また二つの至（し）〔至日〕でさえ、これに比べるものはない。これは通常の功徳そのものより、なおいっそう大いなる功徳だからである。

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• tena: by that / with that
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• sadṛśam: similar, equal
• sadṛśam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sadṛśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• kiṃcit: anything
• kiṃcit: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kiṃcid (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; अनिश्चित-सर्वनाम

• vyatīpāta-ādi-saṃkramam: a saṃkrama (transition) such as Vyatīpāta etc.
• vyatīpāta-ādi-saṃkramam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyatīpāta (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃkrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/समाहारार्थ-निर्देशः (‘vyatīpāta आदि’ इत्यस्य ‘saṃkrama’ः)

• ayane: the two solstices (ayanas)
• ayane: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ayana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), द्विवचन

• dve: two
• dve: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvi (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), द्विवचन; संख्याविशेषण

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

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• tathā: thus, in that way
• tathā: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus/so)

• puṇyāt: than merit / from a pious act
• puṇyāt: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन

• puṇyataram: more meritorious
• puṇyataram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṇyatara (प्रातिपदिक; तद्धित-तरप्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; तुलनात्मक-विशेषण (comparative)

• yathā: as
• yathā: Sambandha (Comparison/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (as, just as)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śaṅkhoddhāra

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed as ‘Devēśi’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred riverbank at Śaṅkhoddhāra with priests indicating an extraordinary parva; celestial markers (sun’s course/solstice symbols) shown as secondary to the tīrtha’s radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Vyatīpāta
• Uttarāyaṇa
• Dakṣiṇāyaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma often ranks tīrtha-māhātmya above general calendar auspiciousness—place and divine association can surpass even famed saṅkrāntis.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The parvan connected with Śaṅkhoddhāra-tīrtha in the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific act is listed here; it establishes the unrivaled auspiciousness of the Śaṅkhoddhāra parvan for subsequent rites like bathing and offerings.