Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 27
Devanagari script
अष्टम्यां च चतुर्दश्यामुभयोरपि पर्वणोः । संकल्पं विधिवत्कृत्वा प्रातःस्नानं समाचरेत्
Transliteration
aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāmubhayorapi parvaṇoḥ | saṃkalpaṃ vidhivatkṛtvā prātaḥsnānaṃ samācaret
Translation
അഷ്ടമിയും ചതുര്ദശിയും—ഈ രണ്ടു പർവതിഥികളിലും—വിധിപൂർവ്വം സങ്കൽപം ചെയ്ത് പ്രഭാതസ്നാനം അനുഷ്ഠിക്കണം।
Word by Word
अष्टम्याम्on the eighth (tithi)
अष्टम्याम्:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootअष्टमी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; तिथि-नाम
चand
च:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक निपात (and)
चतुर्दश्याम्on the fourteenth (tithi)
चतुर्दश्याम्:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootचतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; तिथि-नाम
उभयोःof both
उभयोः:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootउभ (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; विशेषण (पर्वणोः)
अपिalso
अपि:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (also/even)
पर्वणोःof the two festival-days/occasions
पर्वणोः:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootपर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, द्विवचन
संकल्पम्a resolve/vow-intention
संकल्पम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसंकल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
विधिवत्according to the prescribed rite
विधिवत्:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविधिवत् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (according to rule)
कृत्वाhaving done/made
कृत्वा:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकृ (धातु) → कृत्वा (क्त्वान्त)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)
प्रातःस्नानम्morning bath
प्रातःस्नानम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रातः (अव्यय) + स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—अव्ययीभाव (प्रातः स्नानम्)
समाचरेत्should perform/practise
समाचरेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + आ + चर् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
Speaker
Muni (blind sage; contextual)
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Śārada
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A devotee performs saṅkalpa at dawn on aṣṭamī and caturdaśī, then undertakes the morning bath as part of the vow cycle.
Characters & Entities
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AṣṭamīC
CaturdaśīFAQs
A vow becomes spiritually effective through deliberate intention (saṅkalpa) and purity practices like ritual bathing.
No named tīrtha; the act is general and can be performed wherever proper practice is possible.
On Aṣṭamī and Caturdaśī, make saṅkalpa properly and perform prātaḥsnāna (morning bath).