Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

वैशाखे च तथा मासि कृष्णपक्षे चतुर्दशी । कैलासादुमया सार्द्धं स्वयमायाति शङ्करः

Transliteration

vaiśākhe ca tathā māsi kṛṣṇapakṣe caturdaśī | kailāsādumayā sārddhaṃ svayamāyāti śaṅkaraḥ

Translation

ໃນເດືອນໄວສາຂະ ໃນຂ້າງຄ່ຳວັນຈະຕຸຣະທະສີ ພຣະສັງກະຣະເສດັດມາຈາກໄກລາສ ພ້ອມດ້ວຍພຣະອຸມາ ໂດຍພຣະອົງເອງ

Word by Word

• vaiśākhe: in (the month of) Vaiśākha
• vaiśākhe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaiśākha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• tathā: likewise/also
• tathā: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

• māsi: in the month
• māsi: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• kṛṣṇapakṣe: in the dark fortnight
• kṛṣṇapakṣe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa + pakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (kṛṣṇasya pakṣaḥ)

• caturdaśī: the fourteenth (lunar day)
• caturdaśī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caturdaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• kailāsāt: from Kailāsa
• kailāsāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kailāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• umayā: with Umā
• umayā: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: umā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• sārddham: together with
• sārddham: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sārddham (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अर्थक-अव्यय (indeclinable meaning 'together with')

• svayam: himself
• svayam: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: स्वार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic adverb)

• āyāti: comes/arrives
• āyāti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (या) उपसर्ग-आ (आ+या)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• śaṅkaraḥ: Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• śaṅkaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṅkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śuklatīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śaṅkara and Umā descend from Kailāsa toward the bright, sandy river-ford of Śuklatīrtha on Vaiśākha kṛṣṇa-caturdaśī; the river gleams, devotees await, the air is charged with auspicious signs.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• Umā (Pārvatī)
• Kailāsa
• Vaiśākha
• Kṛṣṇapakṣa Caturdaśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred time (tithi and month) intensifies sacred place—divine presence is specially affirmed on auspicious dates.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śuklatīrtha on the Narmadā, where Śiva is said to manifest at a specific calendrical time.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observance of the Vaiśākha month and Kṛṣṇapakṣa Caturdaśī as a special occasion for pilgrimage/ worship is implied.