Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

अश्वयुक्छुक्लनवमी द्वादशी कार्तिकस्य च । तृतीयापि च माघस्य तथा भाद्रपदस्य च

Transliteration

aśvayukchuklanavamī dvādaśī kārtikasya ca | tṛtīyāpi ca māghasya tathā bhādrapadasya ca

Translation

ថ្ងៃទី៩ ខាងសុក្កល (ភ្លឺ) នៃខែ អាស្វយុជ, ថ្ងៃទី១២ នៃខែ ការតិក, ថ្ងៃទី៣ នៃខែ មាឃ, ហើយដូចគ្នានោះ (ថ្ងៃសមរម្យ) នៃខែ ភាទ្របទ—ទាំងនេះត្រូវបានប្រកាសថាជាឱកាសមង្គលសម្រាប់ពិធីគោរពបុព្វបុរស។

Word by Word

• अश्वयुक्छुक्लनवमी: the 9th (tithi) of the bright fortnight of Aśvayuja
• अश्वयुक्छुक्लनवमी: कर्ता/उद्देश्य (Enumerative subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वयुक् + शुक्ल + नवमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास (अश्वयुजि शुक्लपक्षे नवमी); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• द्वादशी: the 12th (tithi)
• द्वादशी: कर्ता/उद्देश्य (Enumerative subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वादशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कार्तिकस्य: of Kārtika (month)
• कार्तिकस्य: षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• तृतीया: the 3rd (tithi)
• तृतीया: कर्ता/उद्देश्य (Enumerative subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृतीया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: सम्बन्ध (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• माघस्य: of Māgha (month)
• माघस्य: षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: क्रियाविशेषण/समुच्चय (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• भाद्रपदस्य: of Bhādrapada (month)
• भाद्रपदस्य: षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाद्रपद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style within Skanda Purāṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ritual calendar scene: a priest points to lunar tithis on a palm-leaf almanac while a householder prepares sesame and water for pitṛ-rites; moon phases appear in a band above.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs (ancestors)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is strengthened by honoring the Pitṛs on specially praised lunar days, aligning ritual with sacred time.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse functions as a tīrtha-māhātmya style calendar within Nāgarakhaṇḍa; the immediate snippet emphasizes sacred timing more than naming a single site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Selection of specific tithis (lunar days) as especially fit for Pitṛ-related rites such as tarpaṇa/śrāddha.