Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 89

Devanagari script

मासोपवासमुग्रं च षष्ठान्नं पञ्चमं व्रतम् । तत्र तीर्थे तु यः कुर्यात्सोऽक्षयां गतिमाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

māsopavāsamugraṃ ca ṣaṣṭhānnaṃ pañcamaṃ vratam | tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ kuryātso'kṣayāṃ gatimāpnuyāt

Translation

ആ തീർത്ഥത്തിൽ ഉഗ്രമായ മാസോപവാസവും, ‘ഷഷ്ഠാന്നം’ (ആറാം ദിവസം അന്നഭോജനനിയമം) എന്നും ‘പഞ്ചമ’ വ്രതവും ആരാചരിക്കുമോ, അവൻ അക്ഷയഗതി—അവിനാശിയായ പരമപദം—പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• māsa-upavāsam: a month-long fast
• māsa-upavāsam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māsa (प्रातिपदिक) + upavāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मासस्य उपवासः)

• ugram: severe
• ugram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ugra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (māsa-upavāsam इति)

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

• ṣaṣṭha-annam: the sixth-day meal (food on the sixth day)
• ṣaṣṭha-annam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṣaṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक) + anna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (षष्ठम् अन्नम्)

• pañcamam: fifth
• pañcamam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañcama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (vratam इति)

• vratam: vow/observance
• vratam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (locative adverb: 'there')

• tīrthe: at the sacred ford/place
• tīrthe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात-अव्ययम् (particle; contrast/emphasis)

• yaḥ: who (he who)
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम

• kuryāt: should perform
• kuryāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• akṣayām: imperishable
• akṣayām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: akṣayā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (gatim इति)

• gatim: state/goal
• gatim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• āpnuyāt: would attain
• āpnuyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āp (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (general)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim on the Narmadā bank performing austere vrata: simple leaf-plate meal on the sixth day, water-pot, kusa grass seat, river flowing with sacred calm; nearby a small shrine and ascetics witnessing.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrtha (sacred site)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Austerity performed at a sanctified place yields enduring spiritual fruit—discipline becomes a bridge to the imperishable.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse refers to ‘that tīrtha’ within Revākhaṇḍa (Revā/Narmadā pilgrimage landscape), indicating the locale described in the surrounding passage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Māsopavāsa (month-long fast), ṣaṣṭhānna regimen, and pañcama-vrata to be performed at the tīrtha.