Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

भौमे तु भूतजायोगे व्यतीपाते च संक्रमे । राहुसोमसमायोगे तदेवाष्टगुणं स्मृतम्

Transliteration

bhaume tu bhūtajāyoge vyatīpāte ca saṃkrame | rāhusomasamāyoge tadevāṣṭaguṇaṃ smṛtam

Translation

എന്നാൽ ചൊവ്വാഴ്ച, ഭൂതജാ-യോഗം, വ്യതീപാതം, സംക്രാന്തി, കൂടാതെ രാഹു-ചന്ദ്ര സംയോഗം ഉണ്ടായാൽ—അതേ പുണ്യം അഷ്ടഗുണമാകുന്നു എന്ന് സ്മൃതിയിൽ പറയുന്നു।

Word by Word

• bhaume: on Tuesday (Bhauma)
• bhaume: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhauma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; (time-locative) on Tuesday / in Bhauma (Mars)

• tu: indeed / but
• tu: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)

• bhūtajā-yoge: at the Bhūtajā-yoga
• bhūtajā-yoge: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūtajā (प्रातिपदिक) + yoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (भूतजायाः योगः), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; name of an astronomical conjunction

• vyatīpāte: at Vyatīpāta
• vyatīpāte: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyatīpāta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; astronomical Vyatīpāta

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

• saṃkrame: at a transit (saṅkrānti)
• saṃkrame: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃkrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; (solar) transit

• rāhu-soma-samāyoge: at the conjunction of Rāhu and Soma (Moon)
• rāhu-soma-samāyoge: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāhu (प्रातिपदिक) + soma (प्रातिपदिक) + samāyoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (राहुसोमयोः समायोगः), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• tat: that
• tat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• eva: indeed / exactly
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic/only)

• aṣṭa-guṇam: eightfold
• aṣṭa-guṇam: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aṣṭa (संख्या) + guṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (अष्टौ गुणाः यस्य/अष्टगुणम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; predicate adjective

• smṛtam: is declared / is remembered
• smṛtam: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √smṛ (धातु) → smṛta (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; used impersonally: 'is said/remembered'

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Skanda Purana narrative framework)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāverī snāna context (and associated tīrtha acts)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A river ghāṭ under a sky showing astrological symbols: Tuesday’s Mars hue, a saṅkrānti sun at zodiac gate, shadowy Rāhu near the moon; devotees bathe and offer lamps, suggesting time’s potency.

Characters & Entities

• Bhauma (Maṅgala)
• Vyatīpāta
• Saṅkrānti
• Rāhu
• Soma (Candra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred acts intensify when aligned with powerful calendrical and astral moments; timing amplifies puṇya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse supports the Revā Khaṇḍa’s tīrtha context (Kāverī/Narmadā-related bathing merit), emphasizing auspicious times for enhanced results.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing tīrtha observances (especially snāna) on Tuesday, Vyatīpāta, Saṅkrānti, and during Rāhu–Moon conjunction for eightfold merit.