Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

चन्द्रमा इति विख्यातः सोमरूपो नृपात्मज । इष्टापूर्ते च संपाति कलाषोडशकेन तु

Transliteration

candramā iti vikhyātaḥ somarūpo nṛpātmaja | iṣṭāpūrte ca saṃpāti kalāṣoḍaśakena tu

Translation

ព្រះអង្គល្បីថា ‘ចន្ទ្រមា’ គឺព្រះច័ន្ទ មានរូបជាសោម; ឱ កូនប្រុសនៃព្រះរាជា ហើយតាមវដ្តនៃកលា១៦ ព្រះអង្គត្រូវបានភ្ជាប់នឹងផលនៃអិឋ្ដ និងបូរត។

Word by Word

• candramāḥ: the Moon
• candramāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: candramas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (प्रातिपदिक: चन्द्रमस्; रूपम्: चन्द्रमा/चन्द्रमाः)

• iti: thus, as
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/इति-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• vikhyātaḥ: is renowned (as)
• vikhyātaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-√khyā (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘प्रसिद्धः’

• soma-rūpaḥ: having the form of Soma
• soma-rūpaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: soma (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः; रूप-निर्देश), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• nṛpa-ātmaja: O king's son
• nṛpa-ātmaja: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक) + ātmaja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः), पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• iṣṭā-pūrte: in sacrifices and charitable works
• iṣṭā-pūrte: Adhikaraṇa (Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: iṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + pūrta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (द्वन्द्वः; ‘इष्टं च पूर्तं च’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), द्विवचन/एकवचन-रूपेण प्रयोगः (सामान्यतः ‘इष्टापूर्ते’ इति सप्तमी-द्विवचनम्)

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

• saṃpāti: falls/occurs, comes to (one)
• saṃpāti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√pat (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• kalā-ṣoḍaśakena: by the set of sixteen digits (phases)
• kalā-ṣoḍaśakena: Karaṇa (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalā (प्रातिपदिक) + ṣoḍaśaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः; संख्या-सम्बन्ध), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विशेषण-अव्यय (particle)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced: continuing address style within Revā-khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpātmaja (prince’s son) addressed; also earlier address to Deveśī suggests layered audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The divine figure is identified as Candramā/Soma; the waxing and waning sixteen kalās are implied as a luminous cycle linking ritual and charity to merit.

Characters & Entities

• Candramā (Moon)
• Soma
• Iṣṭa
• Pūrta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit from sacrifice and public beneficence is interwoven with cosmic order; the lunar cycle is presented as a carrier of dharmic results.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within the Revā (Narmadā) sacred narrative frame, but it primarily teaches calendrical-dharmic doctrine rather than naming a single tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It references iṣṭa (Vedic rites) and pūrta (charitable/public works) as sources of merit linked to lunar kalās.