Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

अमावास्याव्यतीपातसंक्रांतिग्रहणेषु च । वैधृते पितृमात्रोश्च क्षयाहदिवसेषु च

Transliteration

amāvāsyāvyatīpātasaṃkrāṃtigrahaṇeṣu ca | vaidhṛte pitṛmātrośca kṣayāhadivaseṣu ca

Translation

അതുപോലെ അമാവാസി, വ്യതീപാതം, സംക്രാന്തി, ഗ്രഹണം, വൈധൃതി, കൂടാതെ പിതാവിന്റെയും മാതാവിന്റെയും ക്ഷയാഹ (ശ്രാദ്ധ-തിഥി) ദിവസങ്ങളിലും (ഇത്തരം ധർമ്മകർമ്മങ്ങളും ദാനങ്ങളും) ചെയ്യണം।

Word by Word

• अमावास्या: new-moon day
• अमावास्या: Adhikarana (Locative context via compound; contextual time-marker)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमावास्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/संबोधन एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative/Vocative, Singular)

• व्यतीपात: Vyatīpāta (astronomical yoga)
• व्यतीपात: Adhikarana (time-marker; in compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यतीपात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• संक्रांति: saṅkrānti (solar ingress)
• संक्रांति: Adhikarana (time-marker; in compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संक्रांति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular)

• ग्रहणेषु: during eclipses
• ग्रहणेषु: Adhikarana (Location/Time: on eclipses)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रहण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी बहुवचन (Neuter, Locative, Plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• वैधृते: at Vaidhṛti (yoga)
• वैधृते: Adhikarana (time-marker: at Vaidhṛti)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैधृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी एकवचन (Neuter, Locative, Singular)

• पितृमात्रोः: of (one’s) father and mother
• पितृमात्रोः: Sambandha (Genitive: of father and mother)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक) + मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्वसमास; पितृ+मातृ; षष्ठी द्विवचन (Genitive, Dual)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• क्षयाहदिवसेषु: on kṣayāha-days (days of lunar loss)
• क्षयाहदिवसेषु: Adhikarana (time: on the days of kṣayāha)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षयाह (प्रातिपदिक) + दिवस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (क्षयाहस्य दिवसाः); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी बहुवचन (Masculine, Locative, Plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Sārasvata (continuing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a coastal tīrtha, a householder performs tarpaṇa with black sesame and water while an eclipse darkens the sky; elders guide the rite; offerings and charity are prepared nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred time matters in Purāṇic dharma; certain calendrical moments intensify the merit of charity and ancestral remembrance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

These timing rules are taught within Vastrāpathakṣetra-māhātmya of Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, implying enhanced fruit when practiced in/with devotion to the kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform dāna/ancestral observances on Amāvāsyā, Saṅkrānti, eclipses, Vyatīpāta, Vaidhṛti, and on parents’ death-anniversary days.