Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

मासि मार्गशिरे शुक्ला भवत्येकादशी यदा । स्नात्वा रेवाजले पुण्ये तद्दिनं समुपोषयेत्

Transliteration

māsi mārgaśire śuklā bhavatyekādaśī yadā | snātvā revājale puṇye taddinaṃ samupoṣayet

Translation

मार्गशीर्ष महिन्यात शुक्ल पक्षातील एकादशी येते तेव्हा पुण्य रेवा-जलात स्नान करून त्या दिवशी उपवास करावा.

Word by Word

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative of time)

• मार्गशीर्षे: in (the month of) Mārgaśīrṣa
• मार्गशीर्षे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्गशीर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; कालाधिकरण

• शुक्ला: bright (fortnight)
• शुक्ला: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुक्ल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (एकादशी)

• भवति: occurs/is
• भवति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; अकर्मक

• एकादशी: Ekādaśī (11th lunar day)
• एकादशी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकादशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृपद (भवति)

• यदा: when
• यदा: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb/conjunction)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वकर्म (having done first)

• रेवाजले: in the waters of Revā (Narmadā)
• रेवाजले: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेवा (प्रातिपदिक) + जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: रेवायाः जलम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• पुण्ये: holy
• पुण्ये: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषण (जले)

• तत्-दिनम्: that day
• तत्-दिनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सर्वनाम-पूर्वपद: तत् + दिनम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म

• समुपोषयेत्: should fast/observe a fast
• समुपोषयेत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उपवस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग: सम्+उप

Speaker

Unspecified (narratorial voice within Revākhaṇḍa; likely addressing a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (nṛpa / mahārāja)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at dawn on the bright Ekādaśī of Mārgaśīrṣa steps into the calm Revā, hands joined in sankalpa, with riverbanks lined by trees and small shrines; the atmosphere is cool and luminous.

Characters & Entities

• Mārgaśīrṣa
• Śukla Ekādaśī
• Revā (Narmadā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Aligning sacred time (Ekādaśī) with sacred place (Revā) intensifies merit and supports self-restraint.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā/Narmadā waters at the Śālagrāma-associated riverbank tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna in Revā (Narmadā) and upavāsa (fasting) on Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Ekādaśī.